3. Organometallics

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Chemistry Flashcards on 3. Organometallics, created by John Rivada on 20/04/2019.
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Mechanism! **missing an arrow from double bond to O
What is the structure of an organometallic? Can form dimers, tetramers, hexamers and can even involve solvent
How do you make a Grignard reagent?
When making a Grignard reagent, what CAN R be? Alkyl, Aryl, Vinyl
When making a Grignard reagent, what CAN NOT R be? Aldehyde Carbonyl Carboxylc Acid Acid Chloride Ester Nitrile Alcohol
When making a Grignard reagent, what can the solvent be? An ether of some sort: THF diethyl ether dimethoxyethane (DME) 1,4-dioxane
What is the mechanism?
Why are 2 equivs of Li necessary? Li only has one e- in its valence shell
What is Wurtz coupling? Na or K pulls X and methyl groups bond
Can you use organometallics with water? No!!! Pkb of H3C-Li is 48 and pka of H2O is 15.7 so full reaction
What's great about an organometallic? They can act as a base if no electrophilic site is present
What is a a neo-pentyl position? Next to a quaternary carbon
What is Directed Ortho Metallation (DOM?) When a heteroatom (O or N) complexes to the Li of the base and 'guides' the bas to the proton on the ortho carbon Occurs at RT or 0 C
Mechanism for DOM?
Functional groups compatible with DOM? **first two structures are wrong! alydehydes, ketones, and esters DO NOT work
ROM **
Why do you need 2 equivs of t-BuLi when reacting with t-BuX? it likes to induce eliminations so 2 equivs are required
What is the mechanism?
How do you make a 1° Alcohol using an organometallic? Organometallic + dry formaldeyhde
How do you make 2° and 3° alcohols using organometallics? Add an organometallic to aldehyde or keytone
Why does the top reaction not occur?
2 equivs of R2Li 2 equivs of R2Li
2 equivs of R2Li 2 equivs of R2Li
What is the mechanism? 2 equivs of R2Li
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What is the best estimate for the mechanism for a Grignard Reaction? **
What is the best estimate for he mechanism for allylic organometallics? **
What is the Barbier Reaction? Grignard Reagent using an allylic halide as Grignard precursor BUT Grignard formation and Grignard reaction are all in one pot
Using organometallic reagents, what can you use as starting material to make carboxylic acids? CO2
Using organometallic reagents, what can you use as starting material to make 1° alcohols? DRY formaldehyde
Using organometallic reagents, what can you use as starting material to make 2° and 3° alcohols? Aldehyde for 2° Ketones for 3°
Using organometallic reagents, what can you use as starting material to make ketones? NOT esters Carboxylic acids Special Amides Nitriles
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