Chapter 10: Alkyl Halides X X R C X C C X = F, Cl, Br, I
Alkyl halide Aryl halide Vinyl halide
10.1 Naming alkyl halides- Read 10.2 Structure of alkyl halides Table 10.1
Bond Bond strength Dipole Halomethane length (pm) (KJ/mol) Moment
H3C-F 139 452 1.85 H3C-Cl 178 351 1.87 H3C-Br 193 293 1.81 H3C-I 214 234 1.62
The significant dipole moment of alkyl d - X halides make then good electrophiles C d + for substitution reactions
_ R THF R R C C + C X R C C C + NaX H H Na + H H
Preparation of Alkyl Halides:
Electrophilic addition of HX and X2 to alkenes (Chapter 6)
Br2 HBr H Br Br Br CH 3 CH3 CH3
1 Free radical halogenation Mechanism of free radical halogenation (Chapter 5) • three distinct steps 1. Initiation 2. Propagation 3. Termination Free radical chlorination is not very useful for making alkyl chlorides polychlorination non-specific chlorination
H H H H Cl2, hn H H H H H H Cl H H C C C C H H C C C C Cl + H C C C C H H H H H H H H H H H H H four 2° hydrogens (30%) (70%) six 1° hydrogens
H H H H C H H C H H C H H H Cl2, hn H H + H H H C C C H H C C C Cl H C C C H H H H H H H H Cl H one 3° hydrogens nine 1° hydrogens (65%) (35%)
Relative reactivity of hydrogens toward free radical chlorination
H H R R C H R C H R C H H R R Primary (1°) Secondary (2°) Tertiary (3°) hydrogens < hydrogens < hydrogens 1.0 3.5 5.0 Reactivity is reflective of radical stability
H H R • R C R C • R C • H R R Primary (1°) < Secondary (2°) < Tertiary (3°)
H H R R C H R C H R C H H R R DH° = 420 KJ/mol 401 KJ/mol 390 KJ/mol
2 Free radical bromination is much more selective for the most stable radical intermediate.
H H H H C H H C H H C H H H X2, hn H H + H H H C C C H H C C C X H C C C H H H H H H H H X H
X = Cl 65 : 35 X = Br 1 : 99
The propagation step for free radical bromination is endergonic, as opposed to chlorination which is exergonic. According to the Hammond postulate the transition state for bromination should resemble the product radical, and therefore be more selective for the product going through the more stable radical intermediate
R3C-H + X• R3C• + HX
X = Cl DH° = -50 KJ/mol X = Br DH° = +12 KJ/mol
3 Allylic Bromination of Alkenes allylic position is the next to a double bond
allylic hydrogen C H C C allylic carbon
Br
NBS, hn
CCl4
Allylic bromination of an alkene takes place through a free radical mechanism.
Radical Stability
H H R • C • C H C • C R C • R C • R C • C C • H H R R Benzylic _~ Allylic Vinylic < Methyl < Primary (1°) < Secondary (2°) < Tertiary (3°) <
Increasing stability
H H H R C C H H C H R C H R C H R C H C H H C C H H R R
DH° (KJ/mol) = 444 438 420 401 390 361 368
Radicals are also stablized by hyperconjugation
4 Allylic radical is resonance stabilized
Recall (and please review) from Chapter 2:
resonance forms- atoms remain fixed in all resonance forms. Resonance forms differ only by the placement of electrons
No one resonance form is entirely accurate. The actual structure is a hybrid of all the resonance forms. Resonance forms do not necessarily contribute equally to the resonance hybrid.
The greater the number of resonance structures the more stable the resonance hybrid.
1/2 • C 1/2 • C C • • C C C C C C
1 1/2 bonds
Map of the electron density due to the unpaired electron (the “spin”)
5 NBS, hn R R R • •
R + R Br Br + (17 %) Br
R
(83 %)
Br KOH NBS, hn
1,3-cyclohexadiene (conjugate diene)
Alkyl halides from alcohols the most general method of preparing alkyl halides
1. Substitution reaction of alcohols with HX
R-OH + HX R-X + H2O
Works better with more substituted alcohols
H H H R H C OH > R C OH > R C OH > R C OH H H R R Methyl Primary (1°) Secondary (2°) Tertiary (3°)
increasing reactivity
Polar mechanism with a carbocation intermediate. Reactivity reflects the stability of the carbocation intermediate (Chapter 11). One drawback to this method is that carbocations can rearrange.
6 2. Prepartion of alkyl chlorides by the treatment of alcohols
with thionyl chloride (SOCl2)
R-OH + SOCl2 R-Cl + SO2 + HCl
3. Prepartion of alkyl bromides by the treatment of alcohols
with Phosphorous tribromide (PBr3)
R-OH + PBr3 R-Br + P(OH)3
These methods work best on primary and secondary alcohols. They do not work at all for tertiary alcohols
. . . more reactions of alkyl halides: Grignard reagents
Alkyl halides will react with some metals (M0) in ether or THF to form organometallic reagents
Grignard reagent- organomagnesium
ether R-X + Mg(0) or THF R-Mg(II)-X X= Cl, Br, I
R can be a variety of organic groups: 1°-, 2°-, 3°-alkyl, aryl or vinyl
d- d+ _ C MgX C carbon nuccleophile (recall acetylide anion) Carbanions: nucleophile react with electrophile
7 H O R-X R-MgX 2 R-H
Grignard reagents are most commonly used in reactions with carbonyl compounds (Chapter 19).
Lab: Br MgBr _ Mg(0)
ether
_ O O O OH _ O + C H3O O
Organometallic coupling reactions: organolithium reagents Li(0) R-X R-Li + LiX pentane
- + d d _ very strong bases C Li C very strong nucleophiles
organolithium reagents are most commonly used as very strong bases and in reactions with carbonyl compounds
Cuprates (Gilman’s reagent)
ether H3C _ + 2 CH3Li + CuI Cu Li + LiI H3C Gilman's reagent (dimethylcuprate, dimethylcopper lithium)
8 - R2CuLi = R strong nucleophiles
Nucleophilic substitution reaction with alkyl halides (alkylation)
ether CH3(CH2)8CH2-I + (CH3)2CuLi CH3(CH2)8CH2-CH3 + CH3Cu + LiI
Reaction with vinyl and aryl halides
H H (CH3)2CuLi I CH3 H H
double bond geometry is preserved
Br CH3 (CH3)2CuLi
Oxidation [O]: the loss of electrons.
Decrease in electron density on carbon by forming a C-O, C-N, C-X bonds or by breaking C-H bonds
Increase in O, N, X content or decrease in H content
Reduction [H]: the gain of electrons
Increase in electron density on carbin by forming C-H bonds or breaking C-O, C-N, C-X bonds
increase on H content or decrease in O, N, X content
9 CH4 + Cl2 H3C-Cl oxidation
1) Mg H3C-Cl + CH4 reduction 2) H3O
H H Br Br C C + Br2 C C H H Oxidation H H H H
H H Pd H H + H C C Reduction C C 2 H H H H H H
H H H Br + HBr C C C C Neither [O] or [H] H H H H H H
H H H OH + H2O C C Neither [O] or [H] C C H H (hydration) H H H H
Table 10.5: Increasing oxidation state
C C C C C C
O C OH C O C CO2 OR
C NH2 C NH C N
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