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CONCEPT: INTRODUCTION TO CONJUGATION
Conjugation exists when three or more atoms with the ability to resonate are adjacent to each other (overlapping).
● Conjugation provides an electron “highway” to ______________________ from one side of the molecule to the other.
● Conjugated molecules display unique chemical reactivity. The higher the conjugation, the ________ the UV wavelength.
EXAMPLE: Which of the following molecules exists in a conjugated state?
● Allylic carbocations, carbanions, and radicals are unusually stable due to ________________________
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CONCEPT: STABILITY OF CONJUGATED INTERMEDIATES
Regardless of the type of reactive intermediate, conjugation increases the stability.
Carbocations
Radicals
Due to the stability of the allylic position, radical and carbocation intermediated allylic reactions are common.
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CONCEPT: BASICS OF MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY ● As previously discussed, non-bonding orbitals have the unique ability to conjugate with adjacent non-bonding orbitals.
□ Bonding/non-bonding takes place in the outermost shell. Let’s review atomic orbitals of valence electrons:
● When adjacent non-bonded atomic orbitals overlap, they create more favorable molecular orbitals.
□ We can use a linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) to visualize the resultant molecular orbitals
EXAMPLE: Simplified LCAO Model of Ethene.
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CONCEPT: DRAWING ATOMIC ORBITALS
Transforming a conjugated molecule into atomic orbitals requires two rules:
EXAMPLE: Provide the correct atomic orbitals for the following conjugated molecules.
a.
b.
c.
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CONCEPT: DRAWING MOLECULAR ORBITALS
● Rules for drawing conjugated molecular orbitals: 1. # molecular orbitals = # atomic orbitals 2. One orbital must never change phases (1st is preferred) 3. Last orbital must always change phases 4. Number of nodes must begin = 0 and increase by 1 with each increasing energy level 5. Nodes must be symmetrical as possible. If in doubt, draw sin wave from fake atom [0] to [n + 1]. 6. If a node passes through an orbital, delete that orbital. 7. Fill molecular orbitals according to rules of electron configuration (Aufbau, Pauli, Hund’s)
EXAMPLE: Provide the molecular orbitals of 1,3-butadiene.
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PRACTICE: Propose reasonable molecular orbitals for the following conjugated atomic orbitals.
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CONCEPT: FRONTIER MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY – FINDING HOMO/LUMO
● Frontier orbital interactions are the driving force behind many reactions in organic chemistry
● FMOT is based on being able to identify/understand HOMO and LUMO
□ HOMO = Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital
□ LUMO = Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital
EXAMPLE: Frontier Orbitals of Ethene
PRACTICE: Consider the Molecular Orbitals (MO’s) of the allyl anion. Which are the HOMO and LUMO?
1) HOMO = B, LUMO = C
2) HOMO = B, LUMO = A
3) HOMO = C, LUMO = A
4) HOMO = A, LUMO = C
5) HOMO = C, LUMO = B
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CONCEPT: ORBITAL DIAGRAMS: 3-ATOM ALLYLIC IONS
● Allyl positions are famous for their unique ability to resonate, reacting in multiple locations.
□ Regardless to the identity of the ion, this reactivity can be explained through allylic molecular orbitals.
EXAMPLE: Simplified LCAO Model of Propenyl Ions
EXAMPLE: Use both resonance theory and MO theory to predict the reactive sites of the following radical.
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PRACTICE: Predict the molecular orbitals and identify the HOMO and LUMO orbitals of 1-propenyl cation (allyl cation).
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CONCEPT: ALLYLIC HALOGENTION – GENERAL MECHANISM
Recall the reaction of diatomic halogen with a double bond. This reaction proceeds through a bridged-ion intermediate.
However, in the presence of a radical initiator, radical intermediates will predominate, changing the site of reaction.
General Mechanism:
Initiation:
Propagation:
Termination:
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CONCEPT: ALLYLIC HALOGENATION – SPECIFIC REACTIONS
Allylic Chlorination:
Allylic Bromination:
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CONCEPT: ORBITAL DIAGRAMS: 4-ATOM 1,3-BUTADIENE
● Conjugated polyenes are famous for their unique ability to resonate, reacting in multiple locations.
□ They can participate in many types of reactions due to the symmetry of their molecular orbitals.
EXAMPLE: Predict the LCAO Model of 1,3-butadiene. Identify the HOMO and LUMO Orbitals.
Note: You may see these orbitals generated through the addition and subtraction of π-orbitals. Which orbitals would we need to sum to produce the above pattern?
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CONCEPT: INTRO TO PERICYCLIC REACTIONS
● Conjugated polyenes have the ability to react in non-ionic, concerted, cyclization reactions called pericyclic reactions.
● All pericyclic reactions share the following properties, regardless of the type:
□ Non-ionic. Solvents have no effect on them since there are _____ partial charges.
□ Concerted. All bonds are created and destroyed simultaneously. There are no intermediates.
□ Cyclizations. Mechanisms involve a ring of electrons around a closed loop with ___________ transition states.
□ Reversible. Also known as the “principle of microscopic reversibility”.
□ All can occur either thermally or photochemically.
● Pericyclic reactions can be easily categorized by the number of _________ that are destroyed after a cyclic mechanism.
Cycloadditions: Pericyclic reactions in which ____ π-bonds are destroyed after a cyclic mechanism.
Electrocyclic Reactions: Pericyclic reactions in which ____ π-bonds are destroyed after a cyclic mechanism.
Sigmatropic Shifts: Pericyclic reactions in which ____ π-bonds are destroyed after a cyclic mechanism.
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PRACTICE: Determine if the following reactions are cycloadditions, electrocyclic reactions or sigmatropic shifts.
a.
b.
c.
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CONCEPT: THERMAL CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS
● Pericyclic reactions in which ______ π-bonds are destroyed after ________-activated cyclic mechanism
□ The Diels-Alder reaction is an example of thermal cycloaddition
● In cycloaddition, HOMOA must fill LUMOB.
□ According to FMOT, bonding interaction is strongest when orbital symmetry and energy __________ closely.
□ 1. Reaction must be symmetry-allowed vs. symmetry-disallowed 2. Reaction must minimize HOMO-LUMO Gap
EXAMPLE: Predict the favorability of a bonding interaction between HOMOB and LUMOA
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PRACTICE: Use FMOT to predict the mechanism and products for the following cycloadditions. If no product is favored, write “symmetry-disallowed” in place of the product.
a. 2π + 2π cycloaddition
b. 4π + 4π cycloaddition
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CONCEPT: CONJUGATED HYDROHALOGENATION
Recall the addition of a strong halohydric acid on a double bond. This reaction is called hydrohalogenation.
● Carbocation rearrangements are possible
Conjugated hydrohalogenation, also known as hydrohalogenation of dienes, or 1,2 vs. 1,4 addition to dienes, is the same
reaction, except with a possibility of multiple products due to the presence of a conjugated intermediate.
This reaction undergoes kinetic vs. thermodynamic control.
● Temperatures above 40° C favor the __________________, also called the thermodynamic product.
● Temperatures below 0° C favor the ___________________, also called the kinetic product.
EXAMPLE: Products of conjugated hydrohalogenation at different temperatures.
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CONCEPT: CONJUGATED HYDROHALOGENATION – KINETIC VS THERMODYNAMIC CONTROL
Conjugated hydrohalogenation is one of the reactions that undergoes kinetic vs. thermodynamic control.
● Hot reaction conditions favor the thermodynamic product __________________
● Cold reaction conditions favor the kinetic product ___________________
EXAMPLE: Simplified Conjugated Hydrohalogenation Energy Diagram
Summarizing Temperature Control:
The kinetic pathway has a more stable intermediate _________________ but less stable product ___________________
The thermo pathway has a less stable intermediate _________________ but more stable product ___________________
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CONCEPT: DIELS-ALDER REACTION– GENERAL FEATURES
The Diels-Alder reaction is a heat-catalyzed, reversible pericyclic reaction between a conjugated 1,3-diene and dienophile.
● Diels-Alder reactions always yield 6-membered rings as products.
The stereochemistry of all substituents must be ____________________
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CONCEPT: DIELS-ALDER – BRIDGED PRODUCTS
Bicyclic bridged products are obtained when s-cis-1,3-diene is ________________.
EXAMPLE: Cyclopentadiene Dimerization
Exo/Endo Stereochemistry:
When a bridged product is made, substituents must face in the _________________ direction, away from the bridge.
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CONCEPT: DIELS-ALDER – RETROSYNTHESIS
You may be given an end product and asked to provide the original diene and dienophile that were required to cyclize.
EXAMPLE: Which diene and dienophile would you choose to synthesize the following compound?
1. Find the 2. Cross out the new 3. Isolate the
Answer:
EXAMPLE: Which diene and dienophile would you choose to synthesize the following compounds?
a. b.
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