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General, Organic, and General, Organic, and Biochemistry, 7eBiochemistry, 7e

Bettelheim,Bettelheim,

Brown, and MarchBrown, and March

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Chapter 17Chapter 17

Aldehydes and Aldehydes and KetonesKetones

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StructureStructure• The functional group of an aldehydealdehyde is a carbonyl

group bonded to a hydrogen atom• in methanal, the simplest aldehyde, the carbonyl group

is bonded to two hydrogens• in other aldehydes, it is bonded to one hydrogen and

one carbon

• The functional group of a ketoneketone is a carbonyl group bonded to two carbons

CH3CHO

HCHO

CH3CCH3

O

Propanone(Acetone)

Ethanal(Acetaldehyde)

Methanal(Formaldehyde)

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NomenclatureNomenclature• IUPAC names for aldehydes

• to name an aldehyde, change the suffix -ee of the parent alkane to -alal

• because the carbonyl group of an aldehyde can only be at the end of a parent chain and numbering must start with it as carbon-1, there is no need to use a number to locate the aldehyde group

• for unsaturated aldehydesunsaturated aldehydes, indicate the presence of a carbon-carbon double bond and an aldehyde by changing the ending of the parent alkane from -aneane to -enalenal; show the location of the carbon-carbon double bond by the number of its first carbon

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NomenclatureNomenclature

• the IUPAC system retains common names for some aldehydes, including these three

3-Methylbutanal 2-Propenal(Acrolein)

Hexanal

12

34H

O

H

O1

23

45

6

123

H

O

CHO

H

OCHO

OCH3

OHtrans-3-Phenyl-2-propenal

(Cinnamaldehyde; inoil of cinnamon)

Benzaldehyde(in almonds)

Vanillin(from vanilla

beans)

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NomenclatureNomenclature• IUPAC names for ketones

• the parent alkane is the longest chain that contains the carbonyl group

• indicate the presence of the carbonyl group by changing the -ee of the parent alkane -oneone

• number the parent chain from the direction that gives the carbonyl carbon the smaller number

• the IUPAC retains the common name acetone for 2-propanone

O

Acetone 2-Methylcyclohexanone5-Methyl-3-hexanone

OO

12

34

56

12

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NomenclatureNomenclature• To name an aldehyde or ketone that also contains

an -OH or -NH2 group• number the parent chain to give the carbonyl carbon

the lower number

• indicate an -OH substituent by hydroxy-hydroxy-, and an -NH2 substituent by amino-amino-

• hydroxy and amino substituents are numbered and alphabetized along with other substituents

O

H

OOH

NH2

3-Hydroxy-4-methylpentanal 3-Amino-4-ethyl-2-hexanone

1345 12346

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NomenclatureNomenclature• Common names

• the common name for an aldehyde is derived from the common name of the corresponding carboxylic acid; drop the word "acidacid" and change the suffix -icic or -oicoic to -aldehydealdehyde

• name each alkyl or aryl group bonded to the carbonyl carbon as a separate word, followed by the word "ketoneketone”; the alkyl or aryl groups are generally listed in order of increasing molecular weight

O

CH3CH

O

CH3COH

Acetaldehyde Acetic acid Ethyl isopropyl ketoneMethyl ethyl ketone

OO

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Physical PropertiesPhysical Properties• A C=O bond is polar, with oxygen bearing a

partial negative charge and carbon bearing a partial positive charge• therefore, aldehydes and ketones are polar molecules

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Physical PropertiesPhysical Properties• in liquid aldehydes and ketones, there are

intermolecular attractions are between the partial positive charge on the carbonyl carbon of one molecule and the partial negative charge on the carbonyl oxygen of another molecule

• no hydrogen bonding is possible between aldehyde or ketone molecules

• aldehydes and ketones have lower boiling points than alcohols and carboxylic acids, compounds in which there is hydrogen bonding between molecules

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Physical PropertiesPhysical Properties

• formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acetone are infinitely soluble in water

• aldehydes and ketones become less soluble in water as the hydrocarbon portion of the molecule increases in size,

CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3CH3CH2CH2CHO

CH3CH2CH2CH2OHCH3CH2COOH

CH3CH2COCH3

CH3CH2OCH2CH3pentanebutanal2-butanone1-butanolpropanoic acid

Name Structural FormulaMolecular

Weight (amu)

72727274

72

367680

117

141

bp(°C)

diethyl ether 74 34

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OxidationOxidation• Aldehydes are oxidized to carboxylic acids by a

variety of oxidizing agents, including potassium dichromate

• liquid aldehydes are so sensitive to oxidation by O2 of the air that they must be protected from contact with air during storage

H

OK2Cr2O7

H2SO4OH

O

Hexanal Hexanoic acid

CH

O

O2

COH

O

Benzoic acidBenzaldehyde

+

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OxidationOxidation• Ketones resist oxidation by most oxidizing

agents, including potassium dichromate and molecular oxygen• Tollens’ reagent is specific for the oxidation of

aldehydes; if done properly, silver deposits on the walls of the container as a silver mirror

R-C-HO

2Ag(NH3)2+ 3OH-

R-C-O-O

2Ag 4NH3 2H2O

+ +

+ + +

Tollens'reagent

Carboxylicanion

Silvermirror

Aldehyde

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ReductionReduction• The carbonyl group of an aldehyde or ketone is

reduced to an -CHOH group by hydrogen in the presence of a transition-metal catalyst• reduction of an aldehyde gives a primary alcohol• reduction a ketone gives a secondary alcohol

H2

transition metal catalyst+H

O

PentanalOH

1-Pentanol

H2

transition metal catalyst

+O

Cyclopentanone

OH

Cyclopentanol

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ReductionReduction• The most common laboratory reagent for the

reduction of an aldehyde or ketone is sodium borohydride, NaBHNaBH44 • this reagent contains hydrogen in the form of hydride

ion, H:H:--

• in a hydride ion, hydrogen has two valence electrons and bears a negative charge

• in a reduction by sodium borohydride, hydride ion adds to the partially positive carbonyl carbon which leaves a negative charge on the carbonyl oxygen

• reaction of this intermediate with aqueous acid gives the alcohol

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ReductionReduction

• reduction by NaBH4 does not affect a carbon-carbon double bond

HCO

1. NaBH4

2. H2O

CH2OH

Cinnamaldehyde Cinnamyl alcohol

O NaBH4O-

HH3O+ O-H

H

H - C O H C O - H3O+

H C O-H: +

: : :: :

::

Hydrideion

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ReductionReduction• In biological systems, the agent for the reduction

of aldehydes and ketones is the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, abbreviated NADH (Section 26.3)• this reducing agent, like NaBH4, delivers a hydride ion

to the carbonyl carbon of the aldehyde or ketone• reduction of pyruvate, the end product of glycolysis, by

NADH gives lactate

CH3-C-COO-O

NADH CH3-C-COO-

H

O-

H3O+

CH3-C-COO-

H

O-H

Pyruvate Lactate

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Addition of AlcoholsAddition of Alcohols• Addition of a molecule of alcohol to the carbonyl

group of an aldehyde or ketone forms a hemiacetalhemiacetal (a half-acetal)• the functional group of a hemiacetal is a carbon

bonded to one -OH group and one -OR group• in forming a hemiacetal, H of the alcohol adds to the

carbonyl oxygen and OR adds to the carbonyl carbon

CH

OO-CH2CH3

HC OCH2CH3

H

O-H+

Benzaldehyde Ethanol A hemiacetal

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Addition of AlcoholsAddition of Alcohols• hemiacetals are generally unstable and are only minor

components of an equilibrium mixture except in one very important type of molecule

• when a hydroxyl group is part of the same molecule that contains the carbonyl group and a five- or six-membered ring can form, the compound exists almost entirely in a cyclic hemiacetal form

H

O

O-HC

O O

H

H

O O-H

H

4-Hydroxypentanal A cyclic hemiacetal

123

45

1345

redraw to show the -OH and -CHO close

to each other2

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Addition of AlcoholsAddition of Alcohols• A hemiacetal can react further with an alcohol to

form an acetalacetal plus water• this reaction is acid catalyzed• the functional group of an acetal is a carbon bonded to

two -OR groups

C OCH2CH3

H

O-HOCH2CH3

H H+

C OCH2CH3

H

OCH2CH3

H2O

A hemiacetal(from benzaldehyde)

Ethanol

+ +

An acetal

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Addition of AlcoholsAddition of Alcohols

• all steps in hemiacetal and acetal formation are reversible

• as with any other equilibrium, we can drive this one in either direction by using Le Chatelier's principle

• to drive it to the right, we either use a large excess of alcohol or remove water from the equilibrium mixture

• to drive it to the left, we use a large excess of water

OCH2CH3

O-HOCH2CH3

HH+

OCH2CH3

OCH2CH3H2O

An acetalA hemiacetal(from cyclohexanone)

Ethanol

+ +

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Keto-Enol TautomerismKeto-Enol Tautomerism• A carbon atom adjacent to a carbonyl group is

called an -carbon-carbon, and a hydrogen atom bonded to it is called an -hydrogen-hydrogen

-carbons

-hydrogens

CH3-C-CH2-CH3

O

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Keto-Enol TautomerismKeto-Enol Tautomerism• A carbonyl compound that has a hydrogen on an

-carbon is in equilibrium with a constitutional isomer called an enolenol• the name “enol” is derived from the IUPAC designation

of it as both an alkene (-enen-) and an alcohol (-olol)

• in a keto-enol equilibrium, the keto form generally predominates

CH3-C-CH3

OCH3-C=CH2

OH

Acetone(keto form)

Acetone(enol form)

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Keto-Enol TautomerismKeto-Enol Tautomerism• example:example: draw structural formulas for the two enol

forms for each ketone

(a)

(b)

O

O

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Keto-Enol TautomerismKeto-Enol Tautomerism• example:example: draw structural formulas for the two enol

forms for each ketone• solution:solution:

(a)

(b)

O

O

OH OH

OH OH

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