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Alpha Carbon ChemistryDr. Sapna Gupta
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The a Carbon Proton
• Carbon next to carbonyl carbon is a carbon.
• Due to polarity the protons on alpha carbon are slightly acidic.
• After abstraction of proton by strong base, the resulting ion is resonance stabilized, however both structures can be isolated hence they are not resonance structures but isomers – called tautomers.
Keto tautomer enol tautomer
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Keto-Enol Formation in Acids/Bases
• Carbonyl compounds can be converted to keto-enols depending on acidic or basic conditions, and the keto-enol are then interconvertible.
Basic Conditions
Acidic Conditions
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Keto-Enol Tautomers for Chiral Compounds
• If a carbon is chiral then chirality is lost.
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pKa for Some Carbonyl Compounds
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Bases Used for Keto-Enols
• The bases used for abstracting the acidic protons are strong bases –but not good nucleophiles or they will carry out neucleophilicaddition on the carbonyl carbon.
• Good bases are Lithium diisopropyl amide (LDA) and NaOH.
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Stability of Keto-Enol Tautomers
• Some tautomers are more stable than others. E.g. keto form of acetaldehyde and acetone than enols.
• In the compound below the enol is more stable because it is stablilized by hydrogen bond.
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Reactions: a-Alkylation and a-Halogenation
• Once the a proton is abstracted a nucleophile is generated.
• This nucleophile can now do substitution reactions.
Alkylation
• (This is the basis of iodoform test of methyl ketones – next slide)
Halogenation
• Once bromination is achieved all substitution reactions or elimination reactions can be performed.
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Reactions: Iodoform Test
• In presence of a strong base and KI, methyl ketones will give a positive test - a yellow ppt. (CHI3).
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Reactions: Aldol Reaction (Condensation Reaction)
• An aldehyde reacts with another aldehyde in presence of a strong base.
• One aldehyde forms the nucleophile from the base which then reacts with the second aldehyde (substrate)
• Water is formed as a result – hence called condensation reaction.
• Product has the aldehyde and alcohol – hence called aldol.
• The reaction is in equilibrium therefore reversible.
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Aldol Mechanism
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Dehydration of the Aldol Product
• If the aldol product is heated it will dehydrate to give an alkene.
• The alkene product is more stable due to conjugation with the carbonyl.
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Reactions: Cross Aldol Reaction
• Aldol reactions can occur with two different aldehydes (cross aldol)
• Problem!! Some mixed products also form. (How can you control that?)
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Reactions: Claisen-Schmidt Reaction
• This is the reaction between an aldehyde and ketone in presence of a strong base.
• This reaction works better if one of the compounds has no ahydrogen (to avoid a mixture of products)
• Write mechanism!
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Reactions: Cyclization with Aldol Reaction
• If a molecule has two aldehyde groups, then an intramolecular aldoloccurs.
• Reaction occurs preferentially at the less sterically hindered carbonyl.
• The ring formed is the more stable size.
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Retrosynthesis of Aldol Products
• If the molecule has a carbonyl and alcohol separated by one carbon –then it is an aldol reaction product.
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Aldol Products
• Aldol products can be used as such or reactions can be continued on with the new functional group created.
• One of the biggest advantage of Aldol reaction is a new C-C bond formation.
• Dehydration gives another advantage that an alkene is formed; so in addition to alcohol chemistry, alkene chemistry can also be carried out.
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Reactions: Claisen Reaction
• These are similar to aldol but done using carboxylic esters.
• As with cross aldols, one can use different esters also.
(Write the mechanism on your own)
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Key Concepts
• a protons
• Keto enol tautomerism
• Substitution reaction at a carbon
• Iodoform reaction
• Aldol condensation
• Claisen-Schmidt reaction
• Intramolecular cyclization
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