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H2CrO4 |
Oxidizing agent, for secondary alcohols |
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PCC |
Oxidizing agent for primary OH. Stops the oxidation at aldehyde |
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KMnO4 |
Oxidizing agent, oxidizes alkenes and alkynes also |
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When O-H bond breaks |
O is nucleophile |
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When C-O bond breaks |
Carbon acts like electrophile |
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OTs behaves like |
A halogen |
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OTs is used to |
Make OH into a good leaving group |
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TsCl can be used to |
Change OH to OTs |
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LiAH4 can be used to |
Make OTs a leaving group and replace it with an H, aka reducing |
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With primary alcohols, the 2nd step reaction is |
SN2 |
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With secondary and tertiary alcohols, the second step is |
SN1 |
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SN2 mechs do not work when |
Alcohol is tertiary |
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PBr3 |
Turns OH into Br, opposite stereochem |
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SOCl2 |
Changes OH to Cl, stereochemistry does NOT change |
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PBr3 can not be used on |
A tertiary OH |
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PCl3 can not be used on a |
Tertiary OH |
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HCl and HBr can only be used on a |
Tertiary OH |
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Unimolecular product of H2SO4 |
Alkene |
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Bimolecular product of H2SO4 |
Uses two alcohols, makes an ether |
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Bimolecular dehydration takes place only on |
Primary alcohols |
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What is the alkoxide ion |
RO:- |
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NaNH2 |
A strong base to create the alkoxide ion with h2 |
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Na° |
Can create alkoxide ion with H2 |
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When using an alkoxide and a alkylhalide, you get |
An ether |
