The document provides an overview of organic chemistry reactions including substitution, addition, elimination, and reduction reactions. It summarizes common reagents and reaction conditions used to transform functional groups like alcohols, alkenes, alkynes, halides, and more. The high-level reactions covered include nucleophilic substitution of alkanes, addition of HX to alkenes, elimination reactions to form alkenes, conversion of alcohols to bromo- and iododerivatives, and reduction of carbonyl groups with LiAlH4 among others.
The document provides an overview of organic chemistry reactions including substitution, addition, elimination, and reduction reactions. It summarizes common reagents and reaction conditions used to transform functional groups like alcohols, alkenes, alkynes, halides, and more. The high-level reactions covered include nucleophilic substitution of alkanes, addition of HX to alkenes, elimination reactions to form alkenes, conversion of alcohols to bromo- and iododerivatives, and reduction of carbonyl groups with LiAlH4 among others.
The document provides an overview of organic chemistry reactions including substitution, addition, elimination, and reduction reactions. It summarizes common reagents and reaction conditions used to transform functional groups like alcohols, alkenes, alkynes, halides, and more. The high-level reactions covered include nucleophilic substitution of alkanes, addition of HX to alkenes, elimination reactions to form alkenes, conversion of alcohols to bromo- and iododerivatives, and reduction of carbonyl groups with LiAlH4 among others.
(addition of HX) Anti Markovnikov rule R2NH R3N Ter. Amine KCN RCN Cyanide CHLORODERIVATIVES AgCN RNC Isocyanide (i) HCl/ Anhydrous ZnCl2 KNO2 or NaNO2 RONO Alkyl nitrite (ii) PCl5 AgNO2 RNO2 Nitroalkane (iii) PCl3 R'COOAg R'COOR Ester (iv) SOCl2 Hunsdiecker reaction NaI (dry acetone) RI Alkyl iodide ALCOHOLS BROMODERIVATIVES Finkelstein reaction (Substitution reactn) (i) 48% HBr/ conc. H2SO4 (RCl or RBr only) (ii) NaBr/ conc. H2SO4
(iii) P + Br2 (or PBr3) ELIMINATION REACTIONS ALKENE
IODODERIVATIVES (Dehydrohalogenation) , alc. KOH
(i) Red P4 / I2 (ii) KI / 95% H3PO4 + Mg, dry ether RMgX Grignard's Reagent RCl or RBr NaI in dry acetone to RI (FINKELSTEIN reaction) REACTION WITH METALS + Na , dry ether R-R (alkane)
RCl or RBr AgF or SbF3, Hg2F2,CoF2 (2n-C)
to RF , SWARTS reaction REDUCTION REACTION RH (Alkane) Reagents: 1. Zn- Cu couple , alcohol 2. Red P4, HI 3. LiAlH4