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Detailed revision notes for AQA A Level chemistry - organic - 3.3.3. - mechanisms: nucleophilic substitution, elimination - ozon depletion

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3. 3.3 HALOGEN OALKANES
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C X bond
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:
polar properties
down ft less polar more reactive than alkanes result of this polar bond attract other
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can ions
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IMF :
dipole dipole
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attractions and Vdw's
uses
refrigerants BPT increased with increased chain length & down b't
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propellants
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insoluble in tho :


polarity in bond not
large enough
solvents
anaesthetics halogen bond
C ft X d-
pharmaceuticals C t slightly polar : :


halogens more
electronegative
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to pollution bond less polar down Gt
proven cause
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how (how fast reaction
4 affects happen
stronger bond reactivity 4
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STRUCTURE




Mimmo .
. .

a Iiit:p . "
÷ .
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. titis'm . "
;i÷ .




UNSYMMETRICAL HALOGEN O ALKANES

side , Brd affect products diff reactions
yr
CH , CHIH , CH , CHCH, the other created
during
=
=
on one can
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MAKING HALO GENO ALKANES

(UV
FREE RADICAL SUBSTITUTION photochemical reaction of alkanes light )
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3 stages
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initiation -



free radicalsproduced a , Mimi a .
+ Cl .



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Ch bond broken photo dissociation : luv)
bond
splits hemolytically each keep le highly reactive free radical
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=
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free radicals and created ( th Cl CH , HCl
propagation used t .
→ • t

up
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in chain reaction Ctb .
t Ck →
CH , Cl t Cl .




termination free radicals are mopped

CH t Cl . → CH , Cl
up
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,

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two FR
joined together
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stable molecule .

Ah t.CH, → CH, CH ,
diff possible termination reactions
many
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, 3. 3. 3.1 . NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION

nucleophile reagent that possesses at least one lone pair and is attached to the
partially ⑤ C atom
rt
yr
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LH :]
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neg .



charged ion l atom with a
partial charge Crt key nucleophiles : OH -




hydroxide ion
i. CN f. ⇐ ng
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has lone pair of e- cyanide
.
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X electronegative
: NH , "
Ii H
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ammonia
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more
-
-
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substitution reaction reflux :
mixture heated to BPT

halogen atom is
exchanged for another NO loss OF REACTANTS l PRODUCTS
by evaporation
of atoms alkanes
atom or
groups in
halogen reactants rise
up equipment cooled icon dense back

H
HYDROXIDE ION
① '
ft f -




R t R C t
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t
OH →
ROH t t - -
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'

t replaced by OH H i. OH

reagent :
NaOH KOH H

conditions NaOH HOH ② '
both bonded
:
aqueous
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R -
C - X
be temp (slow) refluxed too
many
bonds
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warm -

can room .
→ in

H
small amount of ethanol (NaOH HOH doesn't dissolve in tho) .
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OH




fr )
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alcohol formed ③
fifer: Yang
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hydrolysis reaction
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and t separates
important : Partial
charges µ,

lone pair ① "
,
(Nat spectator ion)
double headed R C OH
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arrow
ay
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'
mark scheme ! made
'
- H -
halide ion

3
stages
"
mechanism C t bond
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polar C attracts lone of e- from OH
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-
:

pair
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;

cot
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OH ion attacks
&
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new bond formed between C OH
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alcohol
C X breaks heterolytic both
ally e- to t
making halide
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°
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ion

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