Reagents, and Functional Groups
Alcohol
Ketone
Amine
Ether
Amide
Ester
functional groups Alkyl
An alkane missing a hydrogen
Aromatic compound
Cyclic, planar, with every atom of the aromatic ring having a p orbital, while obeying hackles rule of 4n+2 pi electrons
Vinyl
Hydrolysis Reaction
Carboxylic Acid
pKa ~ 5
Enantiomers
stereoisomers that are non super imposable mirror images
Diastereomers - Same molecular formula, same bond connections, NOT mirrors images, NOT the same compound.
Stereocenter
sp3 hybridized and bounded to different subsitutents
Chiral
objects with non-superimposable mirror images; 'handedness'
Meso
Achiral compound that contains stereocenters
Cahn-Ingold Prelog
R/S Nomenclature
E2
3⁰ with strong base, 2⁰ with strong base, 1⁰with strong, non-nucleophilic base
E1
3⁰ with weak base in polar, protic solvents, 3⁰ in polar, protic solvents, with poor nucleophiles, 2⁰ with poor nucleophiles in polar, protic solvents
SN2
1⁰ with strong bases, 1⁰with weak bases, 2⁰ with weak bases
SN1
2⁰ or 3⁰ in weak bases or poor nucleophiles in polar, protic solvents
CH₃OK/CH₃OH
Favors SN2 or E2
Acetone
SN2
OH⁻
Nucleophilic Displacement Reaction
Nucleophile
Electrophilic Additions
Attracted to C=C because of it being oxygen rich
Forms a carbocation intermediate that rearranges to a