Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
27 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
chirial
|
you're mirror image can't be superimposed on you.
|
|
enantiomer
|
a non-superimposable mirror image
|
|
meso compound
|
achiral compound that contains tetrahedral stereogenic centers
|
|
diasteriomers
|
stereoisomers that are not enantiomers
|
|
alkyl halide
|
organic molecule with a halogen bonded to an sp3 carbon
|
|
Vinyl halide
|
organic molecule with a halogen bonded to a carbon=carbon double bond
|
|
aryl halide
|
organic molecule with a halogen bonded to a benzene ring
|
|
Allylic halide
|
organic molecule with a halogen bonded to a carbon that is bonded to a carbon=carbon double bond
|
|
benzylic halide
|
organic molecule with a halogen bonded to a carbon atom that's bonded to a benzene ring.
|
|
What are the periodic trends for L.G. ability?
|
increases across a row, increases down a column.
|
|
What do protic solvents do to nucleophilicity?
|
they cause nucleophilicity to increase DOWN the periodic table.
|
|
What do aprotic solvents do to nucleophilicity?
|
they cause nucleophilicity to increas UP the periodic table.
|
|
What mechanism uses backside attack?
|
Sn2
|
|
What alkenes are more stable?
|
Trans and more substituted
|
|
When is E2 not possible?
|
When there are no H's on the Beta C.
|
|
Does increased base strength increase or decrease E2 rate?
|
increase
|
|
Do polar aprotic solvents increase or decrease E2 rate?
|
increase
|
|
Does leaving group ability increase or decrease E2 rate?
|
increase
|
|
Does increased number of R groups on alpha carbon increase or decrease E2 rate?
|
increase
|
|
Does increased number of R groups on alpha carbon increase or decrease Sn2 rate?
|
decrease
|
|
Zaitsev Rule
|
The major product of a beta elimination is the one with the more substituted double bond.
|
|
Does increasing the number of R groups on the beta carbon increase or decrease E1 rate?
|
increase
|
|
Does base strength increase or decrease E1 rate?
|
decrease
|
|
Does increased leaving group ability increase or decrease E1 rate?
|
increased
|
|
Do aprotic or protic solvents favor E1?
|
protic (to solvate carbocation)
|
|
racemic mixture
|
1:1 mixture of enantiomers
doesn't rotate light |
|
Physical properties of diasteriomers are...
|
all different
|