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Summary Organic Chemistry 2: Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids

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These notes cover the structure, nomenclature, and reactions of aldehydes and ketones, including how carbonyl compounds behave as electrophiles. They explain carbon nucleophile additions (Grignard reagents, organolithium reagents, cyanide, and acetylides) that create new C–C bonds. The notes also break down important reactions like the Wittig reaction and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction used to form alkenes from carbonyl compounds. Additional sections include oxygen and nitrogen nucleophile additions, acetal formation, and imine/enamine formation. The sheet also summarizes oxidation, reduction, and reductive amination reactions of carbonyl compounds.

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CHAPTER 16 : ALDEHYDES +
LETONES
nucleophile (LB)
structure and
bonding :
H
--
P
Formaldehyde
H
O
R-H
aldehyde
R- RI
Leton ?
1)



arul
[ electrophile [LA]
,vinyl ,
R ,R
= alkul




nomenclature :
-


aldenydes :
i
acyclic

* aldenyde takes it it + I


priority 3-methylbutanal 3-methyl but-z-enal
L (E) 3-isopropyl-4-methyl 3-isopropyl-3-methyl
-




* Al W
pentane dial
pens-z-encal
-




=
* double bond > R >
-
two

CHO groups
groups or more


ALDEHYDES


· · t i
Cyclic aldenydes :
* -
e is retained
* -


carbaldenude
N
&
Carbaldenyde gets 6-(tert-butyl) Cyclonex-3-ene 2 (tert-butyl) Cycloneyone
Gimehuhezen-methylcyclone
-

lowest then double a
bond thensubst
-Denyde Carbadenycle 3-dicarbaldehyde 1
, -



>




-



acyclic ketones :
* -




* retain-e
one
for z or more
h
4 methyl pentan-z
-
E
4-methulpent---en-2-one
Mr
3-Dimehheptaea
3, 3-dimethylheptane-2
mu 3 6-dione
* distrione ,
- L
,



LETONES

P

cyclic betones :
* alkene > subst
*retain-efor two or
more
.




I ·
6-isopropylcyclonex-z-ene Zisopropylcyclohexane
6-isobutuonex-T-ene--isobutylydonexane-lin
a
-
-




examples :
ii
i s #
3-hydroxy-z-methylpentance 2-methyl-3-oxopentanyl-acetylcyclopropane-1-carbaldehyde -
Ketone Letone on
ring


addition of carbon nucleophiles
> formation of new c-cbonds
-




5- St S St
-




R-= O N= c R-Mq-4 R-Li

acetylide Cyanide Grignard organolithium
mechanism :

R-RI · Nun Ho ,




addition of Grignard organolithium reagents
+

Reagents : 1 .
R-MgBr Etz0 2 HCl , H20
, .
(He0t)
Formaldehyde > -
1Alcohols
G MgBr
R-MgBr d- C attacks elect
·


2
·
.





Hs0 protonates
- · +
+ -
H H
electSnuc.MgBr 10 alconol

Aldenudes >
-
Zo alcohols
c-cbond
2
Oh
DY
new
I

FEEIT 2 alcono

ketones > 3 alcohols
°
-




↑to ,
1 -MgC
.


newcons
-

30 alcond

,addition of anions of terminal alkynes · NaNH2 THE deprotonates
,




Reagents : 1 NaNH2 , TH) 2 Ketone 3 HC , HzO
. . . to make nucleophile
· Letone gets attacked
example :

-
NaDO : j new ccbond ·
H30" protonates
, Ho


[ L , ,


(chiral center created)




addition of hydrogen cyanide ·
EQ favors product for aldenydes
and aliphatic ketones
Reagents : KCN +
H20 ·
EQ favors left for many aryl
PH 10 =
new
C-cond Letones
PH
#
example :




mechanism :
new
c-bond

:
D H CN ①

II
: n
in-H




the witting reaction
> formation of new c= c
-
bonds from aldehydes/betones
Reagents : PPH3 Strong base +


example : newc = (bond i ·
ylide attacks aldenyde/betone
or
"
New c-bond
·


- · shift electrons/bonds for alkene
"ylide" i n Ph

mechanism :




prepare --I
↳ ·
stabilized ylides
SNz Yield E
need d-h
isolated
methyl 10 or 20 ,


alkul halice
2) reaction or betone
c-bond
with an aldehyde new




-
new c-bond


pr-Ph alkene product
collapses
Stereoselectivity :
z(major)
+ Zi

Emp
E




Horner-wadsworth-emmons ryn
Reagents : stabilized phosphate carbanion + Et=0
example :


-Creato
E
Pe
Meo-p-O oyieldst-alkene
Ome w/resonance stability
aldehyde stabilized phosphate
Carbanion

mechanism :




m
1) formation of stabilized phosphate carbanion


"Pote

2) reaction


+ credia >
betone




o
with an aldehyde or
E

-
o +

alkene product
new C-Cbond
collapses

example :


-
&




·
I
&
T

·

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