Oxa-Spengler Reaction Lab Report

Introduction An unimolecular substitution reaction, SN1 reaction, has a two step mechanism that results in a halide group being displaced by a nucleophile1. In an SN1 reaction, the first step involves the leaving of a halide group to form a carbocation intermediate. This is the rate determining step, and it is also the slowest step. In the second step a nucleophile attacks a face of the the carbocation. Figure 1 displays this mechanism.

5-aminotetrazole monohydrate: In a 250 ml round-bottom flask equipped with a condenser for refluxing (90 °C) and a magnetic stirring bar, 5.00 g (5.95 mmol) dicyandiamide (three times crystallized), 7.47 g (11.9 mmol) sodium azide and 11.00 g (17.8 mmol) boric acid and 100 ml of water is added and allowed to reflux for 24 hours, after the completion of the reaction, until the solution pH to about 2 to 3 as hydrochloric acid 37% is added (about 12 ml) Then the reaction mixture was cooled in a refrigerator for 18 hours and the white crystals formed. The mixture was filtered and washed three times with 10 ml of water and and dried in 60 °C for 5 hours and finally 45.8 g of product by it will be obtained. 5-Aminotetrazol monohydrate:

Equ 13. 4-(5-nolyl)-Pyridinum Cation Containing CILs Catalyzed Aldol Reactions Equ 14. Amide Functionalized Proline based CILs Organocatalyst for Aldol Reactions 3.4. Asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction.

The purpose of this experiment was to identify the unknown alkyl bromide and ketone using a Grignard reaction and IR spectrum. Also, retrosynthesis analysis was used to determine the success of identifying starting material. The organometallic compounds have a carbon-metal bond that is used to create alcohol and to expand chains of carbons. Grignard reagents, a part of organometallic ionic compounds, are widely used in organic synthesis because they are considered strong base, strong base carbon nucleophile, and soluble in many organic solvents. Results: Alkyl bromide #24 and alkyl ketone

There are several different reactions that can be used to synthesize an alkene product, however the main reaction being utilized for this experiment is the Wittig reaction and the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons modification. The Wittig reaction involves a reaction between an aldehyde or ketone and ylid, which is also referred to as the Wittig reagent. The Wittig reagent is synthesized from a phosphonium salt and a strong base (Wittig Reaction, 2006). The reaction between the Wittig reagent and the ketone or aldehyde is a nucleophilic substitution; the carbon double bonded to the oxygen in the carbonyl is replaced with a carbon double bonded to another carbon (University of Liverpool, 2008).

Ceramides can be further metabolized to sphingomyelin, by the addition of a phosphocholine head group from phosphatidyl-choline by the sphingomyelin synthases, or to glycosphingolipids, by the addition of a sugar group. Serine-palmitoyl transferase can alternatively utilize alanine instead of serine resulting in the synthesis of deoxyceramides, which

Lecturer Date Introduction Theoretical Background Procedure The procedure was segmented into two categories, the reaction set up and the crude product isolation. Reaction set up The magnetic stirrer was prepared through placing it in the fume cupboard. 1 mmol of L-Phenylalanine was placed and weighed in a 5 mL conical vial.

1.0 Introduction Oxalates which refer to any salt or ester of oxalic acid are common constituents of plants and are found in the majority of plant families. They occur either as free acids, soluble salts of potassium, sodium and magnesium and the insoluble salt of calcium. The amount of oxalates in plants ranges from a few percent of dry weight to up to 80% of the total weight of plants. (Garcia-Fernandez et al., 2014) The amount of oxalates in plants ranges from a few percent of dry weight to up to 80% of the total weight of the plant.

The purpose of this experiment is to perform a two step reductive amination using o-vanillin with p-toluidine to synthesize an imine derivative. In this experiment, 0.386 g of o-vanillin and 0.276 g of p-toluidine were mixed into an Erlenmeyer flask. The o-vanillin turned from a green powder to orange layer as it mixed with p-toludine, which was originally a white solid. Ethanol was added as a solvent for this reaction. Sodium borohydride was added in slow portion as the reducing agent, dissolving the precipitate into a yellowish lime solution.

Next, the oxygen is protonated from the 3-nitrobenzaldehyde, which is then followed by an elimination reaction where this acts as a leaving group. The product is the trans-alkene present in the product. After the reaction was completed, purification of the product was conducted using semi-microscale recrystallization.

Subsequently, Coordination compounds are prominent and vital to biological life because of their various applications. They can

Conclusion: In Station 1- reaction 2, Station 3- reaction 1, Station 4-reaction 1, Station 5 reaction 1, Station 6-reaction 1 and 2, and Station 7- 1 and 2 there was chemical reaction because all of those mixed ionic compounds created a precipitate. However some solutions did not become insoluble and produce precipitates such as: Station 1- BaCl2 (aq) + KNO3 (aq) , Station 2- KNO3(aq) + AgNO3(aq) and KNO3(aq) + CaSO4(aq), Station 3- Na2CO3(aq) + KNO3(aq) , Station 4- NaPO4(aq) + KNO3(aq)

It is understood the mechanism is acid-catalyzed where protons coordinate with the carbonyl oxygen to make the carbonyl carbon more electropositive for nucleophilic attack (Scheme 1). In the experimental procedure all reactants were added together, this is inefficient as the protons can coordinate with either trans-cinnamic acid or methanol. Coordination with methanol is unnecessary as it reduces its nucleophilicity and makes less protons available to coordinate with the carboxylic acid. To improve

The Wittig reaction is valuable reaction. It has unique properties that allows for a carbon=carbon double bond to form from where a C=O double bond used to be located. Creating additional C=C double bonds is valuable due to its use in synthesis. The Wittig reaction will allow the synthesis of Stilbene (E and Z) from a Benzaldehyde (Ketcha, 141).

Bromination is a type of electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction where one hydrogen atom of benzene or benzene derivative is replaced by bromine due to an electrophilic attack on the benzene ring. The purpose of this experiment is to undergo bromination reaction of acetanilide and aniline to form 4-bromoacetanilide and 2,4,6-tribromoaniline respectively. Since -NHCOCH3 of acetanilide and -NH2 of aniline are electron donating groups, they are ortho/para directors due to resonance stabilized structure. Even though the electron donating groups activate the benzene ring, their reactivities are different and result in the formation of different products during bromination.