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1 YSU YSU Organolithiums YSU YSU 2 Organomagnesium compounds - - PDF document
1 YSU YSU Organolithiums YSU YSU 2 Organomagnesium compounds - - PDF document
Radical Carbon Carbon chemistry electrophiles nucleophiles YSU YSU Cyclopropyl Vinyl sodium Diethyl magnesium lithium Methylmagnesium iodide Diethylaluminum chloride YSU YSU 1 YSU YSU Organolithiums YSU YSU 2 Organomagnesium
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Organomagnesium compounds – Grignard reagents
CH3Li, (CH3)3CLi, n‐BuLi are extremely powerful bases
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Convenient preparation of Lithium Diisopropylamide (LDA)
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Lab Experiment Grignard Reagent Preparation
- Glassware must be clean and dry
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- Dry with the “heat gun”
- Cool then begin experiment
Be careful to use the right ether!
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Carbonyl polarization:
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Grignard polarization: Carbonyl polarization:
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Grignard polarization:
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New Mechanism: Nucleophilic Addition
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Most often followed by a quench with acid:
Overall Sequence: Nucleophilic Addition then quench
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Very versatile alcohol synthesis Works well with most aldehydes & ketones
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Example:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PPM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PPM
Starting material Product
Starting material Product Product IR: 3200 cm‐1
Example:
Cl
- 1. Mg, ether
- 2. CH3CHO
- 3. H3O+
OH
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 PPM 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 PPM
Starting material Product
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S i i l P d Product MS: M+ = 254 YSU YSU
1 2 3 PPM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PPM
Starting material Product H3C C C H
- 1. NaNH2
- 2. H2C=O
- 3. H3O+
H3C C C CH2OH H C YSU YSU O
H3C C C Li 1.
- 2. H3O+
OH C C H3C
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Target molecule Precursor molecules
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(synthetic equivalent)
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2‐deoxy‐D‐ribose
D‐mannopyranose
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Example:
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Example:
OH MgBr H O + YSU YSU O H BrMg + OH MgBr O H + Br YSU YSU Br
- 1. Mg, THF
2. O H
- 3. H3O+
OH
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YSU YSU Retrosynthesis: Synthesis:
OH O H3CO 2 CH3MgBr + CH B
- 1. Mg, THF
OH
YSU YSU Synthesis: Also possible:
CH3Br
- 2. PhCO2CH3 (0.5 eq)
- 3. H3O+
H3C H3C OH O + MgBr
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Will cover 14.11 in Special Topics at end of semester
YSU YSU Iodomethyl zinc iodide YSU YSU
Simmons‐Smith reaction
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