1. Xtra Edge February 2012 - Career Point
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KEY CONCEPT<br />
Organic<br />
Chemistry<br />
Fundamentals<br />
Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones by Hydride<br />
Transfer :<br />
R δ+ δ–<br />
H3B – H + C = O<br />
R´<br />
R<br />
R<br />
– H – OH<br />
H – C – O H – C – O – H<br />
Hydride transfer Alkoxide ion Alcohol<br />
R<br />
R´<br />
These steps are repeated until all hydrogen atoms<br />
attached to boron have been transferred.<br />
Sodium borohydride is a less powerful reducing<br />
agent than lithium aluminum hydride. Lithium<br />
aluminum hydride reduces acids, aldehydes, and<br />
ketones but sodium borohydride reduces only<br />
aldehydes and ketones :<br />
O<br />
Reduced by LiAlH4<br />
O<br />
C < C < C <<br />
O– R OR´ R R´ R<br />
O<br />
Ease of reduction<br />
R´<br />
Reduced by NaBH4<br />
O<br />
C H<br />
Lithium aluminum hydride reacts violently with<br />
water, and therefore reductions with lithium<br />
aluminum hydride must be carried out in anhydrous<br />
solutions, usually in anhydrous ether. (Ethyl acetate<br />
is added cautiously after the reaction is over to<br />
decompose excess LiAlH4; then water is added to<br />
decompose the aluminum complex.) Sodium<br />
borohydride reductions, by contrast, can be carried<br />
out in water or alcohol solutions.<br />
The Addition of Ylides : The Wittig reaction :<br />
Aldehydes and ketones react with phosphorus ylides<br />
to yield alkenes and triphenylphosphine oxide. (An<br />
ylide is a neutral molecule having a negative carbon<br />
adjacent to a positive heteroatom.) Phosphorus ylides<br />
are also called phosphoranes :<br />
CARBONYL COMPOUND<br />
+ .. R´´<br />
C = O + (C6H5)3P – C<br />
R´´´<br />
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R<br />
R<br />
Aldehyde or<br />
ketone<br />
Phosphorus ylide<br />
or phosphorane<br />
R<br />
R´<br />
C = C R´´<br />
+ O =P(C6H5)3<br />
R´´´<br />
Alkene<br />
[(E) and(Z) isomers]<br />
Triphenyl phosphine<br />
oxide<br />
This reaction, known as the Wittig reaction, has<br />
proved to be a valuable method for synthesizing<br />
alkenes. The Wittig reaction is applicable to a wide<br />
variety of compounds, and although a mixture of (E)<br />
and (Z) isomers may result, the Wittig reaction offers<br />
a great advantage over most other alkene syntheses in<br />
that no ambiguity exists as to the location of the<br />
double bond in the product. (This is in contrast to E1<br />
eliminations, which may yield multiple alkene<br />
products by rearrangement to more stable carbocation<br />
intermediates, and both E1 and E2 elimination<br />
reactions, which may produce multiple products<br />
when different β hydrogens are available for<br />
removal.)<br />
Phosphorus ylides are easily prepared from<br />
triphenylphosphine and primary or secondary alkyl<br />
halides. Their preparation involves two reactions :<br />
General Reaction<br />
Reaction 1<br />
(C6H5)3P : + CH – X → (C6H5)3P – CH X –<br />
R´´<br />
R´´<br />
+<br />
R´´´<br />
R´´´<br />
Triphenylphosphine An alkyltriphenylphosphonium<br />
halide<br />
Reaction 2<br />
(C6H5)3P – C – H : B – ⎯→ (C6H5)3P – C : – R´´<br />
R´´<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+ H:B<br />
R´´´<br />
R´´´<br />
A phosphorus ylide<br />
Specific Example<br />
Reaction 1<br />
(C6H5)3P : + CH3Br ⎯→ (C6H5)3P – CH3Br –<br />
C6H6<br />
+<br />
Reaction 2<br />
Methyltriphenylphosphonium<br />
bromide (89%)