CHAPTER 20
CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES:
NUCLEOPHILIC ACYL SUBSTITUTION
SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS
20.1 (b) Carboxylic acid anhydrides bear two acyl groups on oxygen, as in . They are named
as derivatives of carboxylic acids.
(c) Butyl 2-phenylbutanoate is the butyl ester of 2-phenylbutanoic acid.
(d) In 2-phenylbutyl butanoate the 2-phenylbutyl group is an alkyl group bonded to oxygen of the
ester. It is not involved in the acyl group of the molecule.
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
COCH
2
CHCH
2
CH
3
O
C
6
H
5
2-Phenylbutyl butanoate
CH
3
CH
2
CHCOCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
O
C
6
H
5
Butyl 2-phenylbutanoate
CH
3
CH
2
CHCOCCHCH
2
CH
3
O O
C
6
H
5
C
6
H
5
CH
3
CH
2
CHCOH
O
C
6
H
5
2-Phenylbutanoic acid 2-Phenylbutanoic anhydride
RCOCR
O O
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(e) The ending -amide reveals this to be a compound of the type .
( f ) This compound differs from 2-phenylbutanamide in part (e) only in that it bears an ethyl sub-
stituent on nitrogen.
(g) The -nitrile ending signifies a compound of the type RC>N containing the same number of
carbons as the alkane RCH
3
.
20.2 The methyl groups in N,N-dimethylformamide are nonequivalent; one is cis to oxygen, the other is
trans. The two methyl groups have different chemical shifts.
Rotation about the carbon–nitrogen bond is required to average the environments of the two methyl
groups, but this rotation is relatively slow in amides as the result of the double-bond character im-
parted to the carbon–nitrogen bond, as shown by these two resonance structures.
20.3 (b) Benzoyl chloride reacts with benzoic acid to give benzoic anhydride.
(c) Acyl chlorides react with alcohols to form esters.
The organic product is the ethyl ester of benzoic acid, ethyl benzoate.
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethanol
H11001C
6
H
5
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl benzoate
HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoic acid
H11001C
6
H
5
COCC
6
H
5
O O
Benzoic anhydride
HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
C
H
O
N
CH
3
CH
3
H11001
H11002
C
H
O
N
CH
3
CH
3
2-Phenylbutanenitrile
CH
3
CH
2
CHC N
C
6
H
5
CH
3
CH
2
CHCNHCH
2
CH
3
O
C
6
H
5
N-Ethyl-2-phenylbutanamide
CH
3
CH
2
CHCNH
2
O
C
6
H
5
2-Phenylbutanamide
RCNH
2
O
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(d) Acyl transfer from benzoyl chloride to the nitrogen of methylamine yields the amide N-methyl-
benzamide.
(e) In analogy with part (d), an amide is formed. In this case the product has two methyl groups
on nitrogen.
( f ) Acyl chlorides undergo hydrolysis on reaction with water. The product is a carboxylic acid.
20.4 (b) Nucleophilic addition of benzoic acid to benzoyl chloride gives the tetrahedral intermediate
shown.
Dissociation of the tetrahedral intermediate occurs by loss of chloride and of the proton on the
oxygen.
(c) Ethanol is the nucleophile that adds to the carbonyl group of benzoyl chloride to form the
tetrahedral intermediate.
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethanol Tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
COCH
2
CH
3
OH
Cl
H11001C
6
H
5
COCC
6
H
5
O O
Benzoic anhydride
HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
Tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
COCC
6
H
5
O
H
Cl
O
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoic acid
C
6
H
5
COCC
6
H
5
HO
Cl
O
Tetrahedral intermediate
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
H
2
O
Water
H11001C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoic acid
HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
2(CH
3
)
2
NH
Dimethylamine
H11001C
6
H
5
CN(CH
3
)
2
O
N,N-Dimethylbenzamide
(CH
3
)
2
NH
2
Cl
H11002
H11001
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
2CH
3
NH
2
Methylamine
H11001C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
O
N-Methylbenzamide
H11001
CH
3
NH
3
Cl
H11002
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In analogy with parts (a) and (b) of this problem, a proton is lost from the hydroxyl group
along with chloride to restore the carbon–oxygen double bond.
(d) The tetrahedral intermediate formed from benzoyl chloride and methylamine has a carbon–
nitrogen bond.
The dissociation of the tetrahedral intermediate may be shown as
More realistically, it is a second methylamine molecule that abstracts a proton from oxygen.
(e) The intermediates in the reaction of benzoyl chloride with dimethylamine are similar to those
in part (d). The methyl substituents on nitrogen are not directly involved in the reaction.
Then
H11001C
6
H
5
CN(CH
3
)
2
O
N,N-Dimethylbenzamide Dimethylammonium
chloride
(CH
3
)
2
NH
2
Cl
H11002
H11001
C
6
H
5
CN(CH
3
)
2
O
H
Cl
(CH
3
)
2
NH
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
(CH
3
)
2
NH
Dimethylamine Tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
CN(CH
3
)
2
OH
Cl
H11001C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
O
N-Methylbenzamide Methylammonium
chloride
H11001
CH
3
NH
3
Cl
H11002
C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
O
H
Cl
CH
3
NH
2
H11001C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
O
N-Methylbenzamide
HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
Tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
O
H
Cl
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
CH
3
NH
2
Methylamine Tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
OH
Cl
H11001C
6
H
5
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl benzoate
HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
Tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
COCH
2
CH
3
O
H
Cl
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( f ) Water attacks the carbonyl group of benzoyl chloride to form the tetrahedral intermediate.
Dissociation of the tetrahedral intermediate occurs by loss of chloride and the proton on
oxygen.
20.5 One equivalent of benzoyl chloride reacts rapidly with water to yield benzoic acid.
The benzoic acid produced in this step reacts with the remaining benzoyl chloride to give benzoic
anhydride.
20.6 Acetic anhydride serves as a source of acetyl cation.
20.7 (b) Acyl transfer from an acid anhydride to ammonia yields an amide.
The organic products are acetamide and ammonium acetate.
H11001
Acetic anhydride
CH
3
COCCH
3
O O
2NH
3
Ammonia
H11001CH
3
CNH
2
O
Acetamide
H11001
CH
3
CO
H11002
NH
4
O
Ammonium acetate
Acetyl cation
CH
3
CO
O
CCH
3
O
H11001
O CCH
3
H11001
O CCH
3
H11001 HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
C
6
H
5
COCC
6
H
5
O O
Benzoic anhydride
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoic acid
H11001 H
2
O
Water
C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
H11001 HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoic acid
H11001 HCl
Hydrogen
chloride
C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoic acidTetrahedral
intermediate
C
6
H
5
CCl
O
H
OH
H11001C
6
H
5
CCl
O
Benzoyl
chloride
H
2
O
Water Tetrahedral
intermediate
C
6
H
5
CCl
OH
OH
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(c) The reaction of phthalic anhydride with dimethylamine is analogous to that of part (b). The
organic products are an amide and the carboxylate salt of an amine.
In this case both the amide function and the ammonium carboxylate salt are incorporated into
the same molecule.
(d) The disodium salt of phthalic acid is the product of hydrolysis of phthalic acid in excess
sodium hydroxide.
20.8 (b) The tetrahedral intermediate is formed by nucleophilic addition of ammonia to one of the car-
bonyl groups of acetic anhydride.
Dissociation of the tetrahedral intermediate occurs by loss of acetate as the leaving group.
(c) Dimethylamine is the nucleophile; it adds to one of the two equivalent carbonyl groups of
phthalic anhydride.
Phthalic
anhydride
Dimethylamine
H11001
Tetrahedral
intermediate
HN(CH
3
)
2
O
HO
N(CH
3
)
2
O
O
O O
Acetamide Ammonium acetateAmmonia H11001 tetrahedral
intermediate
CH
3
CNH
2
O
H11001 H
4
N
H11002
OCCH
3
O
H11001
O
H
CH
3
C OCCH
3
O
NH
2
H
3
N
Tetrahedral
intermediate
NH
3
O
CH
3
COCCH
3
O
CH
3
COCCH
3
NH
2
OHO
H11001 2NaOH
Sodium
hydroxide
Phthalic anhydride
O H11001 H
2
O
WaterSodium phthalate
CO
H11002
Na
H11001
CO
H11002
Na
H11001
O
O
O
O
H11001 2(CH
3
)
2
NH
DimethylaminePhthalic anhydride
O H
2
N(CH
3
)
2
H11001
Product is an amine salt and
contains an amide function.
CO
H11002
CN(CH
3
)
2
O
O
O
O
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A second molecule of dimethylamine abstracts a proton from the tetrahedral intermediate.
(d) Hydroxide acts as a nucleophile to form the tetrahedral intermediate and as a base to facilitate
its dissociation.
Formation of tetrahedral intermediate:
Dissociation of tetrahedral intermediate:
In base, the remaining carboxylic acid group is deprotonated.
CO
CO
H11002
O
O
H11001 H
2
O
H CO
H11002
CO
H11002
O
O
OH
H11002
O
OH
O
O
H
COH
CO
H11002
O
O
HO
H11002
H11001 H
2
O
Tetrahedral
intermediate
H11001 O
HO
OH
O
O
H11002
O
OH
O
H
2
O H11001
H11002
OH
Phthalic anhydride
H11001O
O
O
O
H11002
O
OH
H11002
OH
O
Product of reactionTetrahedral intermediate H11001 second
molecule of dimethylamine
O
N(CH
3
)
2
O
O
H
(CH
3
)
2
NH
CN(CH
3
)
2
CO
H11002
O
O
H
2
N(CH
3
)
2
H11001
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20.9 The starting material contains three acetate ester functions. All three undergo hydrolysis in aqueous
sulfuric acid.
The product is 1,2,5-pentanetriol. Also formed in the hydrolysis of the starting triacetate are three
molecules of acetic acid.
20.10 Step 1: Protonation of the carbonyl oxygen
Step 2: Nucleophilic addition of water
Step 3: Deprotonation of oxonium ion to give neutral form of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 4: Protonation of ethoxy oxygen
H11001
Oxonium ion
C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
OH
HO H
H11001
O
H
H
Water
H11001C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
OH
HO
Tetrahedral
intermediate
O
H
H
H
H11001
Hydronium
ion
H11001 O
H
H
H11001C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
OH
O
H11001
HH
C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
OH
HO
Tetrahedral
intermediate
O
H
H
H
H11001
Hydronium
ion
Protonated form of ester Oxonium ionWater
O
H
H
C
6
H
5
C
OH
H11001
O
OCH
2
CH
3
HH
C
6
H
5
C
OCH
2
CH
3
OH
H11001
Ethyl benzoate Hydronium
ion
C
6
H
5
C
OCH
2
CH
3
Protonated form of ester
H11001H11001
H
H
OH
H11001
Water
H
H
OC
6
H
5
C
OCH
2
CH
3
OH
H11001
O
H11001 3CH
3
COH
O
H
2
O
H
H11001
O
O
CH
3
COCH
2
CHCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
OCCH
3
OCCH
3
O
HOCH
2
CHCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
OH
OH
1,2,5-Pentanetriol (C
5
H
12
O
3
) Acetic acid
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Step 5: Dissociation of protonated form of tetrahedral intermediate
This step yields ethyl alcohol and the protonated form of benzoic acid.
Step 6: Deprotonation of protonated form of benzoic acid
20.11 To determine which oxygen of 4-butanolide becomes labeled with
18
O, trace the path of
18
O-labeled
water as it undergoes nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group to form the tetrahedral
intermediate.
The tetrahedral intermediate can revert to unlabeled 4-butanolide by loss of
18
O-labeled water.
Alternatively it can lose ordinary water to give
18
O-labeled lactone.
The carbonyl oxygen is the one that is isotopically labeled in the
18
O-enriched 4-butanolide.
20.12 On the basis of trimyristin’s molecular formula C
45
H
86
O
6
and of the fact that its hydrolysis gives
only glycerol and tetradecanoic acid CH
3
(CH
2
)
12
CO
2
H, it must have the structure shown.
CH
3
(CH
2
)
12
CO OC(CH
2
)
12
CH
3
OC(CH
2
)
12
CH
3
O O
O
Trimyristin
(C
45
H
86
O
6
)
H11001
H
H11001
OH
O
OH
Tetrahedral
intermediate
O
O
18
O-labeled
4-butanolide
H
2
O
Water
H11001
4-Butanolide
O
O
18
O-labeled
water
H
2
O
H
H11001
Tetrahedral
intermediate
O
OH
OH
(O H11005
18
O)
Benzoic acid
C
6
H
5
C
OH
O
Water
O
H
H
Hydronium ion
H11001
OH
H
H
H11001H11001
Protonated form
of benzoic acid
H11001
C
6
H
5
C
OH
OH
Oxonium ion
C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
OH
OH H
H11001
Protonated form
of benzoic acid
H11001
C
6
H
5
C
OH
OH
Ethyl alcohol
HOCH
2
CH
3
H11001
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20.13 Because ester hydrolysis in base proceeds by acyl–oxygen cleavage, the
18
O label becomes
incorporated into acetate ion .
20.14 Step 1: Nucleophilic addition of hydroxide ion to the carbonyl group
Step 2: Proton transfer from water to give neutral form of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 3: Dissociation of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 4: Proton transfer from benzoic acid
20.15 The starting material is a lactone, a cyclic ester. The ester function is converted to an amide by
nucleophilic acyl substitution.
Methylamine 4-Pentanolide 4-Hydroxy-N-methylpentanamide
H11001CH
3
NH
2
O
CH
3
O
CH
3
NHCCH
2
CH
2
CHCH
3
OH
O
Benzoic acid Hydroxide
ion
O
C
6
H
5
C
OH
H11001
WaterBenzoate ion
H11002
O
C
6
H
5
C
O
H11001 HOHHO
H11002
H11001H11001H11001
Tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
OH
OH
C
6
H
5
C
O
OH
Benzoic acid
H11002
OCH
2
CH
3
Ethoxide ion
HO
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
HOH
Water
H11001H11001 C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
OH
OH
Tetrahedral
intermediate
H11002
C
6
H
5
C OCH
2
CH
3
O
OH
Anionic form of
tetrahedral intermediate
OH
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
Water
OHH
H11001 C
6
H
5
C
H11002
OCH
2
CH
3
O
OH
Anionic form of
tetrahedral intermediate
C
6
H
5
C
O
OCH
2
CH
3
Ethyl benzoate
HO
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
H11001
Pentyl acetate Hydroxide
ion
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
OH
1-Pentanol
CCH
3
O
H11002
O
Acetate ion
H11001
H11002
OHCH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
O CCH
3
O
(O H11005
18
O)
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20.16 Methanol is the nucleophile that adds to the carbonyl group of the thioester.
20.17 (b) Acetic anhydride is the anhydride that must be used; it transfers an acetyl group to suitable
nucleophiles. The nucleophile in this case is methylamine.
(c) The acyl group is . Because the problem specifies that the acyl transfer agent is a
methyl ester, methyl formate is one of the starting materials.
20.18 Phthalic anhydride reacts with excess ammonia to give the ammonium salt of a compound known
as phthalamic acid.
Phthalimide is formed when ammonium phthalamate is heated.
20.19 Step 1: Protonation of the carbonyl oxygen
H11001H11001CH
3
C
O
NHC
6
H
5
Acetanilide
HO
H
H
H11001
Hydronium ion
CH
3
C
NC
6
H
5
H
OH
H11001
Protonated form
of amide
O
H
H
Water
heat
H11001H11001
CNH
2
O
O
CO
H11002
NH
4
Ammonium phthalamate
O
O
Phthalimide
NH
3
Ammonia
H
2
O
Water
H11001
NH
Phthalic
anhydride
Ammonia
H11001
Ammonium phthalamate
(C
8
H
10
N
2
O
3
)
2NH
3
O
O
CNH
2
CO
H11002
NH
4
H11001
O
O
O
Dimethylamine N,N-Dimethylformamide
HN(CH
3
)
2
H11001H11001
Methyl
formate
HCOCH
3
O
HCN(CH
3
)
2
O
Methyl
alcohol
CH
3
OH
HC
O
Methylamine N-Methylacetamide
2CH
3
NH
2
H11001H11001
Acetic
anhydride
CH
3
COCCH
3
O O
CH
3
CNHCH
3
O
Methylammonium
acetate
CH
3
CO
H11002
CH
3
NH
3
O
H11001
H11001H11001
Methanol
CH
3
OH
S-2-Phenoxyethyl
ethanethiolate
CH
3
CSCH
2
CH
2
OC
6
H
5
O
Tetrahedral intermediate
CH
3
C SCH
2
CH
2
OC
6
H
5
OCH
3
OH
2-Phenoxyethanethiol
HSCH
2
CH
2
OC
6
H
5
Methyl acetate
CH
3
COCH
3
O
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Step 2: Nucleophilic addition of water
Step 3: Deprotonation of oxonium ion to give neutral form of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 4: Protonation of amino group of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 5: Dissociation of N-protonated form of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 6: Proton-transfer processes
H11001H11001HO
H
H
H11001
Hydronium ion
O
H
H
WaterProtonated form
of acetic acid
OH
CH
3
C
OH
H11001
O
CH
3
C
OH
Acetic acid
H11001H11001H
2
NC
6
H
5
Aniline
H
3
NC
6
H
5
Anilinium ionHydronium ion
O
H11001
H
H
H
Water
O
H
H
H11001
N-Protonated form of
tetrahedral intermediate
CH
3
C
OH
NC
6
H
5
OH H
H
H11001
H11001
OH
CH
3
C
OH
H11001
Protonated form
of acetic acid
H
2
NC
6
H
5
Aniline
Tetrahedral
intermediate
CH
3
C
OH
NHC
6
H
5
OH
H11001H11001 O
H
H
WaterN-Protonated form of
tetrahedral intermediate
CH
3
C
OH
NC
6
H
5
OH H
H
H11001
HO
H
H
H11001
Hydronium ion
Tetrahedral
intermediate
CH
3
C
OH
NHC
6
H
5
OH
Oxonium ion
CH
3
C
OH
NHC
6
H
5
H11001
O
HH
H11001H11001O
H
H
Water
HO
H
H
H11001
Hydronium ion
H11001O
H
H
Water Protonated form
of amide
OH
CH
3
C
NHC
6
H
5
Oxonium ion
CH
3
C
OH
NHC
6
H
5
O
H11001
HH
H11001
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20.20 Step 1: Nucleophilic addition of hydroxide ion to the carbonyl group
Step 2: Proton transfer to give neutral form of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 3: Proton transfer from water to nitrogen of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 4: Dissociation of N-protonated form of tetrahedral intermediate
Step 5: Irreversible formation of formate ion
20.21 A synthetic scheme becomes apparent when we recognize that a primary amine may be obtained by
Hofmann rearrangement of the primary amide having one more carbon in its acyl group. This amide
may, in turn, be prepared from the corresponding carboxylic acid.
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
NH
2
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CO
2
HCH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CNH
2
O
H11001H11001
Water
HOHOH
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
Formic acid
O
HC
OH
Formate ion
O
HC
O
H11002
H11001H11001H11001 HC NH(CH
3
)
2
O
H
OH
H11001
N-Protonated form
of tetrahedral
intermediate
Dimethylamine
HN(CH
3
)
2
HO
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
H
2
O
Water
O
HC
OH
Formic acid
H11001H11001HC N(CH
3
)
2
OH
OH
Tetrahedral
intermediate
OH
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
Water
OHH
N-Protonated form of
tetrahedral intermediate
HC NH(CH
3
)
2
OH
OH
H11001
H11001H11001HC N(CH
3
)
2
OH
OH
Tetrahedral
intermediate
HC N(CH
3
)
2
O
H11002
OH
Anionic form
of tetrahedral
intermediate
OH
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
Water
OHH
H11001 HC N(CH
3
)
2
O
OH
H11002
Anionic form of tetrahedral
intermediate
HO
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
HCN(CH
3
)
2
O
N,N-Dimethylformamide
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The desired reaction scheme is therefore
20.22 (a) Ethanenitrile has the same number of carbon atoms as ethyl alcohol. This suggests a reaction
scheme proceeding via an amide.
The necessary amide is prepared from ethanol.
(b) Propanenitrile may be prepared from ethyl alcohol by way of a nucleophilic substitution reac-
tion of the corresponding bromide.
20.23 Step 1: Protonation of the nitrile
Step 2: Nucleophilic addition of water
Step 3: Deprotonation of imino acid
H11001H11001
Water
OH
2
Hydronium
ion
H
3
O
H11001
NH
RC
HO H
H11001
Protonated form
of imino acid
NH
RC
OH
Imino acid
H11001 RC NH
Protonated
form of nitrile
H11001
H
2
O
Water
NH
RC
OH
2
H11001
Protonated form
of imino acid
H11001 H
2
O
WaterHydronium
ion
HO
H
H
H11001
RC NH
Protonated
form of nitrile
H11001
Nitrile
RC N
CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethyl alcohol
CH
3
CH
2
Br
Ethyl bromide
CH
3
CH
2
CN
Propanenitrile
NaCN
PBr
3
or HBr
CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethyl alcohol
CH
3
COH
O
Acetic acid
CH
3
CNH
2
O
Acetamide
Na
2
Cr
2
O
7
, H
2
O
H
2
SO
4
, heat
1. SOCl
2
2. NH
3
CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethyl alcohol
CH
3
CNH
2
O
Acetamide Ethanenitrile
CH
3
CN
P
4
O
10
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CO
2
H
Butanoic acid
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CNH
2
O
Butanamide
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
NH
2
1-Propanamine
1. SOCl
2
2. NH
3
Br
2
H
2
O, NaOH
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Steps 4 and 5: Proton transfers to give an amide
20.24 Ketones may be prepared by the reaction of nitriles with Grignard reagents. Nucleophilic addition
of a Grignard reagent to a nitrile produces an imine. The imine is not normally isolated, however,
but is hydrolyzed to the corresponding ketone. Ethyl phenyl ketone may be prepared by the reaction
of propanenitrile with a phenyl Grignard reagent such as phenylmagnesium bromide, followed by
hydrolysis of the imine.
20.25 (a) The halogen that is attached to the carbonyl group is identified in the name as a separate word
following the name of the acyl group.
(b)Trifluoroacetic anhydride is the anhydride of trifluoroacetic acid. Notice that it contains six
fluorines.
(c) This compound is the cyclic anhydride of cis-1,2-cyclopropanedicarboxylic acid.
(d) Ethyl cycloheptanecarboxylate is the ethyl ester of cycloheptanecarboxylic acid.
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl cycloheptanecarboxylate
HH
HO
2
C CO
2
H
cis-1,2-Cyclopropanedicarboxylic
acid
HH
O
OO
cis-1,2-Cyclopropanedicarboxylic
anhydride
Trifluoroacetic
anhydride
CF
3
COCCF
3
O O
CBr
Cl
O
m-Chlorobenzoyl
bromide
Propanenitrile Phenylmagnesium
bromide
C
6
H
5
MgBr
Ethyl phenyl ketone
O
C
6
H
5
CCH
2
CH
3
H11001CH
3
CH
2
CN
Imine
(not isolated)
NH
C
6
H
5
CCH
2
CH
3
Diethyl ether
H
2
O, H
H11001
heat
H11001H11001
OH
NH
RC
Imino acid Hydronium
ion
HO
H
H H
H11001
Hydronium
ion
HO
H
H
H11001
H11001
O
NH
2
RC
AmideWater
O
H
Conjugate acid
of amide
HO
NH
2
RC
H11001
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(e) 1-Phenylethyl acetate is the ester of 1-phenylethanol and acetic acid.
( f ) 2-Phenylethyl acetate is the ester of 2-phenylethanol and acetic acid.
(g) The parent compound in this case is benzamide. p-Ethylbenzamide has an ethyl substituent at
the ring position para to the carbonyl group.
(h) The parent compound is benzamide. In N-ethylbenzamide the ethyl substituent is bonded to
nitrogen.
(i) Nitriles are named by adding the suffix -nitrile to the name of the alkane having the same
number of carbons. Numbering begins at the nitrile carbon.
20.26 (a) This compound, with a bromine substituent attached to its carbonyl group, is named as an acyl
bromide. It is 3-chlorobutanoyl bromide.
(b) The group attached to oxygen, in this case benzyl, is identified first in the name of the ester.
This compound is the benzyl ester of acetic acid.
CH
3
COCH
2
O
Benzyl acetate
CH
3
CHCH
2
CBr
Cl
O
3-Chlorobutanoyl
bromide
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CHC N
CH
3
2-Methylhexanenitrile
56431
CNHCH
2
CH
3
O
N-Ethylbenzamide
CH
3
CH
2
CNH
2
O
p-Ethylbenzamide
CH
3
COCH
2
CH
2
O
2-Phenylethyl acetate
CH
3
COCH
CH
3
O
1-Phenylethyl acetate
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(c) The group attached to oxygen is methyl; this compound is the methyl ester of phenylacetic
acid.
(d) This compound contains the functional group and thus is an anhydride of a car-
boxylic acid. We name the acid, in this case 3-chloropropanoic acid, drop the acid part of the
name, and replace it by anhydride.
(e) This compound is a cyclic anhydride, whose parent acid is 3,3-dimethylpentanedioic acid.
( f ) Nitriles are named by adding -nitrile to the name of the alkane having the same number of car-
bons. Remember to count the carbon of the C>N group.
(g) This compound is an amide. We name the corresponding acid and then replace the -oic acid
suffix by -amide.
(h) This compound is the N-methyl derivative of 4-methylpentanamide.
CH
3
CHCH
2
CH
2
CNHCH
3
CH
3
O
N-Methyl-4-methylpentanamide
CH
3
CHCH
2
CH
2
CNH
2
CH
3
O
4-Methylpentanamide
CH
3
CHCH
2
CH
2
CN
CH
3
4-Methylpentanenitrile
H
3
C
O
O
O
H
3
C
3,3-Dimethylpentanedioic
anhydride
3-Chloropropanoic anhydride
ClCH
2
CH
2
COCCH
2
CH
2
Cl
O O
COC
O O
CH
3
OCCH
2
O
Methyl phenylacetate
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(i) The amide nitrogen bears two methyl groups. We designate this as an N,N-dimethyl amide.
20.27 (a) Acetyl chloride acts as an acyl transfer agent to the aromatic ring of bromobenzene. The reac-
tion is a Friedel–Crafts acylation. Bromine is an ortho, para-directing substituent.
(b) Acyl chlorides react with thiols to give thioesters.
(c) Sodium propanoate acts as a nucleophile toward propanoyl chloride. The product is propanoic
anhydride.
(d) Acyl chlorides convert alcohols to esters.
(e) Acyl chlorides react with ammonia to yield amides.
H11001Cl CCl
O
p-Chlorobenzoyl chloride
Cl CNH
2
O
p-Chlorobenzamide
NH
3
Ammonia
H11001CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CCl
O
Butanoyl chloride
C
6
H
5
CH
2
OH
Benzyl alcohol
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
COCH
2
C
6
H
5
O
Benzyl butanoate
Propanoic anhydride
CH
3
CH
2
COCCH
2
CH
3
O O
H11001
Propanoyl chloride
CH
3
CH
2
CCl
O
Propanoate
anion
CH
3
CH
2
CO
O
H11002
Acetyl
chloride
CH
3
CCl
O
S-Butyl ethanethioate
CH
3
CSCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
O
1-Butanethiol
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
SHH11001
AlCl
3
H11001H11001
Br
CCH
3
O
p-Bromoacetophenone
Br
CCH
3
O
o-Bromoacetophenone
Br
Bromobenzene Acetyl
chloride
CH
3
CCl
O
CH
3
CHCH
2
CH
2
CN(CH
3
)
2
CH
3
N,N-Dimethyl-4-methylpentanamide
O
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( f ) The starting material is a cyclic anhydride. Acid anhydrides react with water to yield two car-
boxylic acid functions; when the anhydride is cyclic, a dicarboxylic acid results.
(g) In dilute sodium hydroxide the anhydride is converted to the disodium salt of the diacid.
(h) One of the carbonyl groups of the cyclic anhydride is converted to an amide function on reac-
tion with ammonia. The other, the one that would become a carboxylic acid group, is con-
verted to an ammonium carboxylate salt.
(i) Acid anhydrides are used as acylating agents in Friedel–Crafts reactions.
( j) The reactant is maleic anhydride; it is a good dienophile in Diels–Alder reactions.
(k) Acid anhydrides react with alcohols to give an ester and a carboxylic acid.
O O
Acetic anhydride
CH
3
COCCH
3
H11001H11001
3-Pentanol
CH
3
CH
2
CHCH
2
CH
3
OH
Acetic acid
CH
3
CO
2
H
1-Ethylpropyl acetate
O
CH
3
CH
2
CHCH
2
CH
3
OCCH
3
H11001
1,3-Pentadiene
CH
3
Maleic anhydride 3-Methylcyclohexene-4,5-
dicarboxylic anhydride
O
CH
3
O
O
O
O
O
H11001
Succinic anhydride
O
OO
AlCl
3
3-Benzoylpropanoic acid
OO
CCH
2
CH
2
COH
Benzene
H11001
Ammonia
2NH
3
Succinic anhydride
O
OO
Ammonium succinamate
OO
NH
4
H11002
OCCH
2
CH
2
CNH
2
H11001H
2
O
H11001
Sodium
hydroxide
2NaOH
Succinic anhydride
O
OO
Sodium succinate
OO
Na
H11001
H11002
OCCH
2
CH
2
CO
H11002
Na
H11001
H
2
O
H11001
Water
H
2
O
Succinic anhydride
O
OO
Succinic acid
OO
HOCCH
2
CH
2
COH
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(l ) The starting material is a cyclic ester, a lactone. Esters undergo saponification in aqueous base
to give an alcohol and a carboxylate salt.
(m) Ammonia reacts with esters to give an amide and an alcohol.
(n) Lithium aluminum hydride reduces esters to two alcohols; the one derived from the acyl group
is a primary alcohol. Reduction of a cyclic ester gives a diol.
(o) Grignard reagents react with esters to give tertiary alcohols.
(p) In this reaction methylamine acts as a nucleophile toward the carbonyl group of the ester. The
product is an amide.
(q) The starting material is a lactam, a cyclic amide. Amides are hydrolyzed in base to amines and
carboxylate salts.
H11001
Sodium
hydroxide
NaOH
Sodium 4-(methylamino)butanoate
O
CH
3
NHCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CO
H11002
Na
H11001
N-Methylpyrrolidone
N
CH
3
O
H
2
O
H11001H11001
Ethyl phenylacetate
O
C
6
H
5
CH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
Ethyl alcohol
CH
3
CH
2
OH
N-Methylphenylacetamide
O
C
6
H
5
CH
2
CNHCH
3
Methylamine
CH
3
NH
2
4-Butanolide
O
O
1. 2CH
3
MgBr
2. H
3
O
H11001
4-Methyl-1,4-pentanediol
HOCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CCH
3
OH
CH
3
1,4-Butanediol
HOCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
OH
4-Butanolide
O
O
1. LiAlH
4
2. H
2
O
H11001
Ammonia
NH
3
4-Hydroxybutanamide
O
HOCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CNH
2
4-Butanolide
O
O
H
2
O
H11001
Sodium
hydroxide
NaOH
Sodium 4-hydroxybutanoate
O
HOCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CO
H11002
Na
H11001
4-Butanolide
O
O
H
2
O
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(r) In acid solution amides yield carboxylic acids and ammonium salts.
(s) The starting material is a cyclic imide. Both its amide bonds are cleaved by nucleophilic attack
by hydroxide ion.
(t) In acid the imide undergoes cleavage to give a dicarboxylic acid and the conjugate acid of
methylamine.
(u) Acetanilide is hydrolyzed in acid to acetic acid and the conjugate acid of aniline.
(v) This is another example of amide hydrolysis.
(w) One way to prepare nitriles is by dehydration of amides.
H11001 H
2
O
Cyclopentanecarboxamide
O
CNH
2
Cyclopentyl cyanide
CN
P
4
O
10
H11001H11001 H11001
Water
H
2
O
Sulfuric acid
H
2
SO
4
N-Methylbenzamide
O
C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
Benzoic
acid
O
C
6
H
5
COH
Methylammonium
hydrogen sulfate
CH
3
NH
3
HSO
4
H11002
H11001
H11001H11001 H11001
Water
H
2
O
Hydrogen
chloride
HCl
Acetanilide
O
C
6
H
5
NHCCH
3
Acetic acid
O
CH
3
COH
Anilinium
chloride
C
6
H
5
NH
3
Cl
H11002
H11001
H11001H11001 H11001
Water
2H
2
O
Hydrogen
chloride
HCl
Methylammonium
chloride
CH
3
NH
3
Cl
H11002
N-Methylsuccinimide
N
CH
3
OO
Succinic acid
OO
HOCCH
2
CH
2
COH
H11001
H11001H11001
Sodium
hydroxide
2NaOH
Methylamine
CH
3
NH
2
N-Methylsuccinimide
N
CH
3
OO
Disodium succinate
OO
H11002
OCCH
2
CH
2
CO
H11002
Na
H11001
Na
H11001
H
2
O
H11001
Hydronium
ion
H
3
O
H11001
N-Methylpyrrolidone
N
CH
3
O
4-(Methylammonio)butanoic
acid
OH
H
CH
3
NCH
2
CH
2
CH
2
COH
H11001
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(x) Nitriles are hydrolyzed to carboxylic acids in acidic media.
(y) Nitriles are hydrolyzed in aqueous base to salts of carboxylic acids.
(z) Grignard reagents react with nitriles to yield ketones after addition of aqueous acid.
(aa) Amides undergo the Hofmann rearrangement on reaction with bromine and base. A methyl
carbamate is the product isolated when the reaction is carried out in methanol.
(bb) Saponification of the carbamate in part (aa) gives the corresponding amine.
20.28 (a) Acetyl chloride is prepared by reaction of acetic acid with thionyl chloride. The first task then
is to prepare acetic acid by oxidation of ethanol.
(b) Acetic acid and acetyl chloride, available from part (a), can be combined to form acetic
anhydride.
Acetic acid
O
CH
3
COH H11001H11001
Acetic anhydride
OO
CH
3
COCCH
3
Hydrogen
chloride
HCl
Acetyl chloride
O
CH
3
CCl
Acetic acid
O
CH
3
COH
Acetyl chloride
O
CH
3
CCl
Ethanol
CH
3
CH
2
OH
SOCl
2
K
2
Cr
2
O
7
, H
2
SO
4
H
2
O
KOH
H
2
O
NHCOCH
3
H
3
C CH
3
O
H
3
C CH
3
NH
2
C
H
3
C CH
3
NH
2
O
NaOCH
3
CH
3
OH
H11001 Br
2
NHCOCH
3
H
3
C CH
3
O
2-Butanone
O
CH
3
CH
2
CCH
3
Propanenitrile
CH
3
CH
2
CN
1. CH
3
MgBr
2. H
3
O
H11001
NaOH, H
2
O
heat
H11001CH
3
OCN
p-Methoxybenzonitrile
CH
3
OCO
H11002
Na
H11001
O
Sodium p-methoxybenzoate
NH
3
Ammonia
3-Methylbutanoic acid
O
(CH
3
)
2
CHCH
2
COH
3-Methylbutanenitrile
(CH
3
)
2
CHCH
2
CN
HCl, H
2
O
heat
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(c) Ethanol can be converted to ethyl acetate by reaction with acetic acid, acetyl chloride, or
acetic anhydride from parts (a) and (b).
or
or
(d) Ethyl bromoacetate is the ethyl ester of bromoacetic acid; thus the first task is to prepare the
acid. We use the acetic acid prepared in part (a), converting it to bromoacetic acid by the
Hell–Volhard–Zelinsky reaction.
Alternatively, bromoacetic acid could be converted to the corresponding acyl chloride, then
treated with ethanol. It would be incorrect to try to brominate ethyl acetate; the Hell–
Volhard–Zelinsky method requires an acid as starting material, not an ester.
(e) The alcohol BrCH
2
CH
2
OH, needed in order to prepare 2-bromoethyl acetate, is prepared from
ethanol by way of ethylene.
Then
( f ) Ethyl cyanoacetate may be prepared from the ethyl bromoacetate obtained in part (d). The
bromide may be displaced by cyanide in a nucleophilic substitution reaction.
Ethyl bromoacetate
BrCH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl cyanoacetate
CCH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
N
O
NaCN
S
N
2
BrCH
2
CH
2
OH
2-Bromoethanol 2-Bromoethyl acetate
CH
3
COCH
2
CH
2
Br
O
or
CH
3
CCl
O
CH
3
COCCH
3
O O
CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethanol
BrCH
2
CH
2
OH
2-Bromoethanol
Br
2
H
2
O
H
2
SO
4
heat
Ethylene
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
CO
2
H
Acetic acid
BrCH
2
CO
2
H
Bromoacetic acid
BrCH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl bromoacetate
CH
3
CH
2
OH
H
H11001
Br
2
P
H11001CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethanol Acetic anhydride
O O
CH
3
COCCH
3
CH
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl acetate
pyridine
H11001CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethanol Acetyl chloride
O
CH
3
CCl CH
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl acetate
pyridine
H11001CH
3
CH
2
OH
Ethanol Acetic acid
O
CH
3
COH H11001CH
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl acetate Water
H
2
O
H
H11001
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(g) Reaction of the acetyl chloride prepared in part (a) or the acetic anhydride from part (b) with
ammonia gives acetamide.
(h) Methylamine may be prepared from acetamide by a Hofmann rearrangement.
(i) The desired hydroxy acid is available from hydrolysis of the corresponding cyanohydrin,
which may be prepared by reaction of the appropriate aldehyde with cyanide ion.
In this synthesis the cyanohydrin is prepared from ethanol by way of acetaldehyde.
20.29 (a) Benzoyl chloride is made from benzoic acid. Oxidize toluene to benzoic acid, and then treat
with thionyl chloride.
(b) Benzoyl chloride and benzoic acid, both prepared from toluene in part (a), react with each
other to give benzoic anhydride.
Benzoic acid
C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoyl
chloride
C
6
H
5
CCl
O
H11001
Benzoic anhydride
C
6
H
5
COCC
6
H
5
O O
Benzoic acidToluene
C
6
H
5
CH
3
K
2
Cr
2
O
7
, H
2
SO
4
H
2
O, heat
C
6
H
5
COH
O
Benzoyl
chloride
C
6
H
5
CCl
O
SOCl
2
H
2
O, H
H11001
, heat
2-Hydroxypropanoic
acid
2-Hydroxypropanenitrile
OH
CH
3
CHC N
1. HO
H11002
, H
2
O, heat
2. H
H11001
or
CH
3
CHCOH
OH
O
CH
3
CH
2
OH
O
CH
3
CH
AcetaldehydeEthanol
PCC
CH
2
Cl
2
KCN
H
H11001
2-Hydroxypropanenitrile
OH
CH
3
CHC N
CH
3
CHCOH
OH
O
CH
3
CH
O
OH
CH
3
CHC N
Br
2
, HO
H11002
, H
2
O
O
CH
3
CNH
2
CH
3
NH
2
MethylamineAcetamide
[prepared as in part (g)]
or
Acetyl
chloride
CH
3
CCl
O
Acetic
anhydride
CH
3
COCCH
3
O O
Acetamide
CH
3
CNH
2
O
NH
3
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(c) Benzoic acid, benzoyl chloride, and benzoic anhydride have been prepared in parts (a) and (b)
of this problem. Any of them could be converted to benzyl benzoate on reaction with benzyl
alcohol. Thus the synthesis of benzyl benzoate requires the preparation of benzyl alcohol from
toluene. This is effected by a nucleophilic substitution reaction of benzyl bromide, in turn pre-
pared by halogenation of toluene.
Alternatively, recall that primary alcohols may be obtained by reduction of the corresponding
carboxylic acid.
Then
(d) Benzamide is prepared by reaction of ammonia with either benzoyl chloride from part (a) or
benzoic anhydride from part (b).
(e) Benzonitrile may be prepared by dehydration of benzamide.
( f ) Benzyl cyanide is the product of nucleophilic substitution by cyanide ion on benzyl bromide
or benzyl chloride. The benzyl halides are prepared by free-radical halogenation of the toluene
side chain.
or
Toluene
C
6
H
5
CH
3
Benzyl bromide
C
6
H
5
CH
2
Br
NBS
or Br
2
,
light
NaCN
Benzyl cyanide
C
6
H
5
CH
2
CN
Toluene
C
6
H
5
CH
3
Benzyl chloride
C
6
H
5
CH
2
Cl
Cl
2
light or
heat
NaCN
Benzyl cyanide
C
6
H
5
CH
2
CN
Benzamide
O
C
6
H
5
CNH
2
P
4
O
10
heat
Benzonitrile
C
6
H
5
CN
Benzoyl
chloride
O
C
6
H
5
CCl
Benzoic anhydride
O O
C
6
H
5
COCC
6
H
5
Benzamide
O
C
6
H
5
CNH
2
or
NH
3
Benzoyl
chloride
O
C
6
H
5
CCl
Benzyl benzoate
O
C
6
H
5
COCH
2
C
6
H
5
Benzyl alcohol
C
6
H
5
CH
2
OHH11001
pyridine
Benzoic acid
O
C
6
H
5
COH
Benzyl alcohol
C
6
H
5
CH
2
OH
1. LiAlH
4
2. H
2
O
Toluene
C
6
H
5
CH
3
N-bromosuccinimide (NBS)
or Br
2
, light
Benzyl bromide
C
6
H
5
CH
2
Br
Benzyl alcohol
C
6
H
5
CH
2
OH
H
2
O
HO
H11002
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(g) Hydrolysis of benzyl cyanide yields phenylacetic acid.
Alternatively, the Grignard reagent derived from benzyl bromide may be carboxylated.
(h) The first goal is to synthesize p-nitrobenzoic acid because this may be readily converted to the
desired acyl chloride. First convert toluene to p-nitrotoluene; then oxidize. Nitration must pre-
cede oxidation of the side chain in order to achieve the desired para orientation.
Treatment of p-nitrobenzoic acid with thionyl chloride yields p-nitrobenzoyl chloride.
(i) In order to achieve the correct orientation in m-nitrobenzoyl chloride, oxidation of the methyl
group must precede nitration.
Once m-nitrobenzoic acid has been prepared, it may be converted to the corresponding acyl
chloride.
SOCl
2
m-Nitrobenzoic acid
COH
O
2
N
O
m-Nitrobenzoyl chloride
CCl
O
2
N
O
CH
3
CO
2
H
HNO
3
H
2
SO
4
K
2
Cr
2
O
7
, H
2
SO
4
H
2
O, heat
Toluene Benzoic acid m-Nitrobenzoic acid
CO
2
H
O
2
N
COH
O
O
2
N
SOCl
2
p-Nitrobenzoic acid
CCl
O
O
2
N
p-Nitrobenzoyl chloride
HNO
3
H
2
SO
4
K
2
Cr
2
O
7
, H
2
SO
4
H
2
O, heat
CH
3
Toluene
CH
3
O
2
N
p-Nitrotoluene
(separate from ortho isomer)
p-Nitrobenzoic acid
COH
O
O
2
N
Benzyl bromide
C
6
H
5
CH
2
Br
Benzylmagnesium
bromide
C
6
H
5
CH
2
MgBr
Phenylacetic acid
C
6
H
5
CH
2
COH
O
Mg
diethyl ether
1. CO
2
2. H
3
O
H11001
H
2
O, H
H11001
, heat
or
1. NaOH, heat
2. H
H11001
Benzyl cyanide
C
6
H
5
CH
2
CN
Phenylacetic acid
C
6
H
5
CH
2
COH
O
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( j) A Hofmann rearrangement of benzamide affords aniline.
20.30 The problem specifies that is to be prepared from
18
O-labeled ethyl alcohol
.
Thus, we need to prepare
18
O-labeled ethyl alcohol from the other designated starting materials,
acetaldehyde and
18
O-enriched water. First, replace the oxygen of acetaldehyde with
18
O by the
hydration–dehydration equilibrium in the presence of
18
O-enriched water.
Once
18
O-enriched acetaldehyde has been obtained, it can be reduced to
18
O-enriched ethanol.
20.31 (a) The rate-determining step in basic ester hydrolysis is nucleophilic addition of hydroxide ion
to the carbonyl group. The intermediate formed in this step is negatively charged.
The electron-withdrawing effect of a CF
3
group stabilizes the intermediate formed in the rate-
determining step of ethyl trifluoroacetate saponification.
Because the intermediate is more stable, it is formed faster than the one from ethyl acetate.
H11001 CF
3
COCH
2
CH
3
OH
O
H11002
CF
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl trifluoroacetate
HO
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
Rate-determining
intermediate
H11001CH
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl acetate
HO
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
CH
3
COCH
2
CH
3
OH
O
H11002
Rate-determining
intermediate
CH
3
CH
2
OH
NaBH
4
, CH
3
OH
or
1. LiAlH
4
2. H
2
O
CH
3
CH
O
H11001 H11001CH
3
CH
O
Acetaldehyde
H
2
O
18
O-enriched
water
CH
3
CH
O
18
O-enriched
acetaldehyde
H
2
O
Water
CH
3
CH
OH
OH
Hydrate of
acetaldehyde
Propanoyl
chloride
O
CH
3
CH
2
CCl H11001
Ethyl propanoate
O
CH
3
CH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
Ethyl alcohol
CH
3
CH
2
OHO O
(O H11005
18
O)
O
CH
3
CH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
O
CNH
2
NH
2
Benzamide
[prepared as in part (d)]
O
H11001 Br
2
Bromine Aniline
HO
H11002
H
2
O
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(b) Crowding is increased as the transition state for nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group is
approached. The carbonyl carbon undergoes a change in hybridization from sp
2
to sp
3
.
The tert-butyl group of ethyl 2,2-dimethylpropanoate causes more crowding than the methyl
group of ethyl acetate; the rate-determining intermediate is less stable and is formed more
slowly.
(c) We see here another example of a steric effect of a tert-butyl group. The intermediate formed
when hydroxide ion adds to the carbonyl group of tert-butyl acetate is more crowded and less
stable than the corresponding intermediate formed from methyl acetate.
(d) Here, as in part (a), we have an electron-withdrawing substituent increasing the rate of ester
saponification. It does so by stabilizing the negatively charged intermediate formed in the
rate-determining step.
(e) Addition of hydroxide to 4-butanolide introduces torsional strain in the intermediate because
of eclipsed bonds. The corresponding intermediate from 5-butanolide is more stable because
the bonds are staggered in a six-membered ring.
Eclipsed
bonds
H
H
OH
O
O
H11002
Less stable;
formed more slowly
Staggered
bonds
H
H
OH
O
H11002
O
More stable;
formed faster
Rate-determining intermediate
from methyl m-nitrobenzoate
COCH
3
O
H11002
OH
N
H11001
more stable than
Rate-determining intermediate
from methyl benzoate
COCH
3
O
H11002
OH
O
H11002
O
HO
H11002
H11001CH
3
COCH
3
O
Methyl acetate Hydroxide
ion
CH
3
COCH
3
HO
O
H11002
Rate-determining intermediate;
less crowded than intermediate
from tert-butyl acetate
H11001CH
3
COCCH
3
CH
3
O
CH
3
tert-Butyl acetate
CH
3
COCCH
3
CH
3
O
H11002
HO CH
3
Rate-determining
intermediate; crowded
HO
H11002
Hydroxide
ion
H11001
H11002
OH
Hydroxide
ion
Ethyl 2,2-dimethylpropanoate
CH
3
C COCH
2
CH
3
CH
3
O
CH
3
sp
2
Rate-determining intermediate;
crowded
CH
3
C
CH
3
CH
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
H11002
OH
sp
3
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( f ) Steric crowding increases more when hydroxide adds to the axial carbonyl group.
20.32 Compound A is the p-toluenesulfonate ester (tosylate) of trans-4-tert-butylcyclohexanol. The
oxygen atom of the alcohol attacks the sulfur of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride, and so the reaction
proceeds with retention of configuration.
The second step is a nucleophilic substitution in which benzoate ion displaces p-toluenesulfonate
with inversion of configuration.
Saponification of cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl benzoate in step 3 proceeds with acyl–oxygen cleav-
age to give cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexanol.
20.33 Reaction of ethyl trifluoroacetate with ammonia yields the corresponding amide, compound A. Com-
pound A undergoes dehydration on heating with P
4
O
10
to give trifluoroacetonitrile, compound B.
Grignard reagents react with nitriles to form ketones. tert-Butyl trifluoromethyl ketone is formed
from trifluoroacetonitrile by treatment with tert-butylmagnesium chloride followed by aqueous
hydrolysis.
(CH
3
)
3
CMgCl
tert-Butylmagnesium
chloride
CF
3
CC(CH
3
)
3
O
tert-Butyl trifluoromethyl
ketone
H11001NCF
3
C
Compound B
1. diethyl ether
2. H
3
O
H11001
NH
3
P
4
O
10
heat
CF
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
Ethyl trifluoroacetate
CF
3
CNH
2
O
Trifluoroacetamide
(compound A)
CF
3
CN
Trifluoroacetonitrile
(compound B)
H11001
Benzoate ion
CO
O
H11002
trans-4-tert-Butylcyclohexyl
p-toluenesulfonate (compound A)
CH
3
OS
O
H
O
cis-4-tert-Butylcyclohexyl
benzoate (compound B)
H
OC
O
H11001
trans-4-tert-Butylcyclohexanol
OH
p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride
CH
3
SCl
O
O
trans-4-tert-Butylcyclohexyl
p-toluenesulfonate (compound A)
CH
3
OS
O
O
Cis diastereomer: greater increase in crowding
when carbon changes from sp
2
to sp
3
;
formed more slowly
OCH
2
CH
3
OHO
H11002
C
Trans diastereomer: smaller increase in crowding
when carbon changes from sp
2
to sp
3
;
formed more rapidly
OH
O
H11002
C OCH
2
CH
3
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20.34 The first step is acid hydrolysis of an acetal protecting group.
Step 1:
All three alcohol functions are converted to bromide by reaction with hydrogen bromide in step 2.
Step 2:
Reaction with ethanol in the presence of an acid catalyst converts the carboxylic acid to its ethyl
ester in step 3.
Step 3:
The problem hint points out that zinc converts vicinal dibromides to alkenes. Of the three bromine
substituents in compound D, two of them are vicinal. Step 4 is a dehalogenation reaction.
Step 4:
Step 5 is a nucleophilic substitution of the S
N
2 type. Acetate ion is the nucleophile and displaces
bromide from the primary carbon.
Step 5:
Compound E
NaOCCH
3
CH
3
CO
2
H
CH
3
CH
2
OC(CH
2
)
5
CH CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
OCCH
3
O O
Compound F
(C
20
H
36
O
4
)
O
Compound D
Zn
ethanol
CH
3
CH
2
OC(CH
2
)
5
CH CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
Br
O
Compound E
(C
18
H
33
BrO
2
)
Compound C
ethanol
H
2
SO
4
CH
3
CH
2
OC(CH
2
)
5
CH CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
Br
O
BrBr
Compound D
(C
18
H
33
Br
3
O
2
)
Compound B
HBr
HOC(CH
2
)
5
CH CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
Br
O
Br Br
Compound C
(C
16
H
29
Br
3
O
2
)
Compound A
H
2
O, H
H11001
heat
HOC(CH
2
)
5
CH CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
OH
O
HO OH
Compound B
(C
16
H
32
O
5
)
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Step 6 is ester saponification. It yields a 16-carbon chain having a carboxylic acid function at one
end and an alcohol at the other.
Step 6:
In step 7, compound G cyclizes to ambrettolide on heating.
Step 7:
20.35 (a) This step requires the oxidation of a primary alcohol to an aldehyde. As reported in the litera-
ture, pyridinium dichromate in dichloromethane was used to give the desired aldehyde in 84%
yield.
(b) Conversion of to @CH?CH
2
is a typical case in which a Wittig reaction is
appropriate.
(c) Lithium aluminum hydride was used to reduce the ester to a primary alcohol in 81% yield.
(d) The desired sex pheromone is the acetate ester of compound D. Compound D was treated with
acetic anhydride to give the acetate ester in 99% yield.
Acetyl chloride could have been used in this step instead of acetic anhydride.
20.36 (a) The reaction given in the problem is between a lactone (cyclic ester) and a difunctional
Grignard reagent. Esters usually react with 2 moles of a Grignard reagent; in this instance
Compound D
CHCHH
2
C CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
OH
(E)-9,11-Dodecadien-1-yl acetate
CHCHH
2
C
O
CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
OCCH
3
pyridine
CH
3
COCCH
3
O O
Compound C
CHCHH
2
C CH(CH
2
)
7
CO
2
CH
3
1. LiAlH
4
2. H
2
O
Compound D
CHCHH
2
C CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
OH
Compound B
CH(CH
2
)
7
CO
2
CH
3
HCCH
O
Compound C
(observed yield, 53%)
CHCHH
2
C CH(CH
2
)
7
CO
2
CH
3
(C
6
H
5
)
3
PCH
2
H11001 H11002
CH
O
Compound A
CH(CH
2
)
7
CO
2
CH
3
HOCH
2
CH
Compound B
CH(CH
2
)
7
CO
2
CH
3
HCCH
O
PDC
CH
2
Cl
2
heat
Compound G
HO
2
C
HO
Ambrettolide
OO
Compound F HOC(CH
2
)
5
CH CH(CH
2
)
7
CH
2
OH
O
Compound G
(C
16
H
30
O
3
)
1. KOH, ethanol
2. H
H11001
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both Grignard functions of the reagent attack the lactone. The second attack is intramolecu-
lar, giving rise to the cyclopentanol ring of the product.
(b) An intramolecular acyl transfer process takes place in this reaction. The amine group in the
thiolactone starting material replaces sulfur on the acyl group to form a lactam (cyclic
amide).
20.37 (a) Acyl chlorides react with alcohols to form esters.
H11001
pyridine
CCH
O
OH
Benzoin
CH
3
O CCl
O
p-Methoxybenzoyl
chloride
CCH
O
O
C
OCH
3
O
Benzoin p-methoxybenzoate
(compound A; 95%)
O
N
H
HS
Lactam
S
OH
NH
Tetrahedral
intermediate
S
NH
2
O
Thiolactone
H11001
4-Butanolide
1-(3-Hydroxypropyl)-
cyclopentanol (88%)
O
O
H11001
BrMg CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
MgBr
O
CH
2
MgBr
H11002
O
O
CH
2
MgBr
H11001
OBrMg
H11001
H11002
OBrMg
H11001
H11002
O MgBr
H11001
H11002
HO
OH
H
3
O
H11001
H11002
H11002
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(b) Of the two carbonyl groups in the starting material, the ketone carbonyl is more reactive than
the ester. (The ester carbonyl is stabilized by electron release from oxygen.)
Compound B has the molecular formula C
6
H
10
O
2
. The initial product forms a cyclic ester
(lactone), with elimination of ethoxide ion.
(c) Only carboxyl groups that are ortho to each other on a benzene ring are capable of forming a
cyclic anhydride.
(d) The primary amine can react with both acyl chloride groups of the starting material to give
compound D.
20.38 Compound A is an ester but has within it an amine function. Acyl transfer from oxygen to nitrogen
converts the ester to a more stable amide.
The tetrahedral intermediate is the key intermediate in the reaction.
CH
2
CH
2
N O
Ar
H
R
OC
Compound A
(Ar H11005 p-nitrophenyl)
CH
2
CH
2
N O
Ar
R
OH
C
Tetrahedral
intermediate
Compound B
(Ar H11005 p-nitrophenyl)
ArCNCH
2
CH
2
OH
R
O
H11001 CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
NH
2
S
Br Br
ClC
O O
CCl
Compound D
S
Br Br
OO
N
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
heat
COH
HOC
O
COH
O
O
O
O
O H
2
OH11001
HOC
O
Compound C
CH
3
C
O
O OCH
2
CH
3
C
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
H11002
H11001 CH
3
CH
2
O
H11002
O
O
H
3
C
H
3
C
Compound B
OO
CH
3
CCH
2
CH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
OCH
3
OMgI
CH
3
CCH
2
CH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
CH
3
MgI
(1 eq)
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20.39 (a) The rearrangement in this problem is an acyl transfer from nitrogen to oxygen.
This rearrangement takes place in the indicated direction because it is carried out in acid
solution. The amino group is protonated in acid and is no longer nucleophilic.
(b) The trans stereoisomer of compound A does not undergo rearrangement because when the
oxygen and nitrogen atoms on the five-membered ring are trans, the necessary tetrahedral
intermediate cannot form.
20.40 The ester functions of a polymer such as poly(vinyl acetate) are just like ester functions of simple
molecules; they can be cleaved by hydrolysis under either acidic or basic conditions. To prepare
poly(vinyl alcohol), therefore, polymerize vinyl acetate to poly(vinyl acetate), and then cleave the
ester groups by hydrolysis.
20.41 (a) Each propagation step involves addition of the free-radical species to the H9252-carbon of a mole-
cule of methyl methacrylate.
(b) The correct carbon skeleton can be constructed by treating acetone with sodium cyanide in the
presence of H
2
SO
4
to give acetone cyanohydrin.
H11001
H
2
SO
4
CH
3
CCH
3
O
Acetone
HCN
Hydrogen
cyanide
CH
3
CCH
3
OH
CN
Acetone
cyanohydrin
ROCH
2
CH
2
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
CH
2
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
ROCH
2
CH
2
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
H11001 H
2
C CCOCH
3
O
CH
3
ROCH
2
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
ROCH
2
CH
2
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
C
CO
2
CH
3
CH
3
H11001 H
2
C CCOCH
3
O
CH
3
H
2
C CHOCCH
3
O
Vinyl acetate
H
2
O
H
H11001
or
HO
H11002
Poly(vinyl acetate)
CH
2
CHCH
2
CH
CH
3
CO
OO
OCCH
3
n
Poly(vinyl alcohol)
CH
2
CHCH
2
CH
HO OH
n
H
H11001
H
H11001
Tetrahedral
intermediate
Ar
C
NH
HO
O
Compound A
(Ar H11005 p-nitrophenyl)
O
Ar
C
NHHO
Compound B
(Ar H11005 p-nitrophenyl)
Ar
C
NH
3
O
O
H11001
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Dehydration of the cyanohydrin followed by hydrolysis of the nitrile group and esterification
of the resulting carboxylic acid yields methyl methacrylate.
20.42 The compound contains nitrogen and exhibits a prominent peak in the infrared spectrum at 2270 cm
H110021
;
it is likely to be a nitrile. Its molecular weight of 83 is consistent with the molecular formula C
5
H
9
N.
The presence of four signals in the H9254 10 to 30-ppm region of the
13
C NMR spectrum suggests an
unbranched carbon skeleton. This is confirmed by the presence of two triplets in the
1
H NMR spec-
trum at H9254 1.0 ppm (CH
3
coupled with adjacent CH
2
) and at H9254 2.3 ppm (CH
2
CN coupled with adjacent
CH
2
). The compound is pentanenitrile.
20.43 The compound has the characteristic triplet–quartet pattern of an ethyl group in its
1
H NMR spec-
trum. Because these signals correspond to 10 protons, there must be two equivalent ethyl groups in
the molecule. The methylene quartet appears at relatively low field (H9254 4.1 ppm), which is consistent
with ethyl groups bonded to oxygen, as in @OCH
2
CH
3
. There is a peak at 1730 cm
H110021
in the infrared
spectrum, suggesting that these ethoxy groups reside in ester functions. The molecular formula
C
8
H
14
O
4
reveals that if two ester groups are present, there can be no rings or double bonds. The re-
maining four hydrogens are equivalent in the
1
H NMR spectrum, and so two equivalent CH
2
groups
are present. The compound is the diethyl ester of succinic acid.
20.44 Compound A (C
4
H
6
O
2
) has an index of hydrogen deficiency of 2. With two oxygen atoms and a
peak in the infrared at 1760 cm
H110021
, it is likely that one of the elements of unsaturation is the
carbon–oxygen double bond of an ester. The
1
H NMR spectrum contains a three-proton singlet at
H9254 2.1 ppm, which is consistent with a unit. It is likely that compound A is an acetate ester.
The
13
C NMR spectrum reveals that the four carbon atoms of the molecule are contained in one
each of the fragments CH
3
, CH
2
, and CH, along with the carbonyl carbon. In addition to the two car-
bons of the acetate group, the remaining two carbons are the CH
2
and CH carbons of a vinyl group,
CH?CH
2
. Compound A is vinyl acetate.
Each vinyl proton is coupled to two other vinyl protons; each appears as a doublet of doublets in the
1
H NMR spectrum.
20.45 Solutions to molecular modeling exercises are not provided in this Study Guide and Solutions Man-
ual. You should use Learning By Modeling for this exercise.
CH
3
C
OCH CH
2
O
H9254 96.8 ppm
H9254 141.8 ppm
H9254 167.6 ppm
H9254 20.2 ppm
CH
3
C
O
CH
3
CH
2
OCCH
2
CH
2
COCH
2
CH
3
O O
Diethyl succinate
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
C N
Pentanenitrile
H
2
O, H
H11001
heat
CH
3
OH, H
H11001
H
2
SO
4
heat
CH
3
CCH
3
OH
CN
Acetone
cyanohydrin
H
2
C CCN
CH
3
H
2
C CCO
2
H
CH
3
H
2
C CCO
2
CH
3
CH
3
Methyl methacrylate
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SELF-TEST
PART A
A-1. Give a correct IUPAC name for each of the following acid derivatives:
(a)
(b)
(c)
A-2. Provide the correct structure of
(a) Benzoic anhydride
(b) N-(1-Methylpropyl)acetamide
(c) Phenyl benzoate
A-3. What reagents are needed to carry out each of the following conversions?
(a)
(b)
(c)
A-4. Write the structure of the product of each of the following reactions:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
? (two products)CNHCH
3
H
2
O, H
2
SO
4
heat
H
3
C C
O
? (two products)Ethyl propanoate H11001 dimethylamine
H
H11001
(cat)
H11001 CH
3
CH
2
OH ?
O
O
O
Cyclopentanol benzoyl chloride ?H11001
pyridine
Cyclohexyl acetate ? (two products)
1. NaOH, H
2
O
2. H
H11001
(CH
3
)
2
CHCH
2
NH
2
C
6
H
5
CNHCH
2
CH(CH
3
)
2
?
O
H11001 CH
3
OH
(CH
3
)
3
CCNH
2
(CH
3
)
3
CNH
2
?
O
C
6
H
5
CH
2
CO
2
HC
6
H
5
CH
2
CCl
?
O
(CH
3
)
2
CHCH
2
CH
2
CCl
O
C
6
H
5
CNHCH
3
O
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
OCCH
2
CH
2
CH
3
O
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A-5. The following reaction occurs when the reactant is allowed to stand in pentane. Write the
structure of the key intermediate in this process.
A-6. Give the correct structures, clearly showing stereochemistry, of each compound, A through
D, in the following sequence of reactions:
A-7. Write the structure of the neutral form of the tetrahedral intermediate in the
(a) Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl acetate
(b) Reaction of ammonia with acetic anhydride
A-8. Write the steps necessary to prepare from .
A-9. Outline a synthesis of benzyl benzoate using toluene as the source of all the carbon atoms.
A-10. The infrared spectrum of a compound (C
3
H
6
ClNO) has an intense peak at 1680 cm
H110021
. Its
1
H NMR spectrum consists of a doublet (3H, H9254 1.5 ppm), a quartet (1H, H9254 4.1 ppm), and a
broad singlet (2H, H9254 6.5 ppm). What is the structure of the compound? How would you pre-
pare it from propanoic acid?
PART B
B-1. What are the products of the most favorable mode of decomposition of the intermediate
species shown?
(a) Benzoic acid and HCl
(b) Benzoyl chloride and H
2
O
(c) Both (a) and (b) equally likely
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
C
6
H
5
C
Cl
OH
OH
COCH
2
O
Benzyl benzoate
BrH
3
CNH
2
H
3
C
C
(C
7
H
15
N)
D
(C
8
H
13
N)
CO
2
H
AB
CH
3
SOCl
2
NH
3
Br
2
NaOH
H
2
O
P
4
O
10
heat
C
6
H
5
COCH
2
CH
2
NHCH
3
O
CH
3
NCH
2
CH
2
OH
C
6
H
5
CO
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B-2. What is the correct IUPAC name for the compound shown?
(a) 3-Bromopropyl 2-chloro-4-butylbutanoate
(b) 2-Chloro-4-phenylbutyl 3-bromopropanoate
(c) 3-Chloro-1-phenylbutyl 1-bromopropanoate
(d) 3-Chloro-1-phenylbutyl 3-bromopropanoate
(e) 7-Bromo-3-chloro-1-phenylbutyl propanoate
B-3. Rank the following in order of increasing reactivity (least A most) toward acid hydrolysis:
(a)1H11021 2 H11021 3(c)1H11021 3 H11021 2
(b)3H11021 1 H11021 2(d)2H11021 1 H11021 3
B-4. The structure of N-propylacetamide is
B-5. Choose the response that matches the correct functional group classification with the fol-
lowing group of structural formulas.
(a) Anhydride Lactam Lactone
(b) Lactam Imide Lactone
(c) Imide Lactone Anhydride
(d) Imide Lactam Lactone
B-6. Choose the best sequence of reactions for the transformation given. Semicolons indicate
separate reaction steps to be used in the order shown.
(a)H
3
O
H11001
; SOCl
2
; CH
3
NH
2
(b)HO
H11002
/H
2
O; PBr
3
; Mg; CO
2
; H
3
O
H11001
; SOCl
2
; CH
3
NH
2
(c) LiAlH
4
; H
2
O; HBr; Mg; CO
2
; H
3
O
H11001
; SOCl
2
; CH
3
NH
2
(d) None of these would yield the desired product.
H
3
CCO
2
CH
3
H
3
CCH
2
CNHCH
3
O
?
OO
N
H
O
N
H
O
O
(d)CH
3
CH NCH
2
CH
2
CH
3
(b)CH
3
CN(CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
)
2
O
(c)CH
3
CNHCH
2
CH
2
CH
3
O
(a)CH
3
CH
2
CNHCH
3
O
CH
3
COCH
2
CH
3
O
1
CH
3
CCl
O
2
CH
3
CNHCH
3
O
3
CH
2
CH
2
CHCH
2
OCCH
2
CH
2
Br
Cl
O
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B-7. A key step in the hydrolysis of acetamide in aqueous acid proceeds by nucleophilic addi-
tion of
(a)(d)
(b e)
(c)
B-8. Which reaction is not possible for acetic anhydride?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d )
B-9. All but one of the following compounds react with aniline to give acetanilide. Which one
does not?
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(e)
B-10. Identify product Z in the following reaction sequence:
CHCH
2
BrH
2
C
NaCN
YZ
1. C
6
H
5
MgBr,
2. H
3
O
H11001
diethyl ether
OCCH
3
O
CH
3
O
O
H
3
CO
O O
H
3
C CH
3
CH
3
CH
O
CH
3
CCl
O
NH
2
NHCCH
3
O
Aniline Acetanilide
H11001 NaCl CH
3
CCl
H11001 CH
3
CO
2
H11002
Na
H11001
OO
(CH
3
C)
2
O
H11001 C
6
H
6
CH
3
CC
6
H
5
H11001 CH
3
CO
2
H
O
AlCl
3
O
(CH
3
C)
2
O
H11001 CH
3
CH
2
OH CH
3
CO
2
CH
2
CH
3
H11001 CH
3
CO
2
H
O
(CH
3
C)
2
O
H11001 2HN(CH
3
)
2
CH
3
CN(CH
3
)
2
H11001 CH
3
CO
2
H11002
H
2
N(CH
3
)
2
H11001
OO
(CH
3
C)
2
O
HO
H11002
to CH
3
CNH
2
O
HO
H11002
to CH
3
CNH
2
H11001
OH
H
3
O
H11001
to CH
3
CNH
2
H11001
OH
H
2
O to CH
3
CNH
2
H11001
OH
H
3
O
H11001
to CH
3
CNH
2
O
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(a)(d)
(b e)
(c)
B-11. Which of the following best describes the nucleophilic addition step in the acid-catalyzed
hydrolysis of acetonitrile (CH
3
CN)?
B-12. Saponification (basic hydrolysis) of will yield: [
H11005
mass-18 isotope of
oxygen]
B-13. An unknown compound, C
9
H
10
O
2
, did not dissolve in aqueous NaOH. The infrared spectrum
exhibited strong absorption at 1730 cm
H110021
. The
1
H NMR spectrum had signals at H9254 7.2 ppm
(multiplet), 4.1 ppm (quartet), and 1.3 ppm (triplet). Which of the following is most likely
the unknown?
COH
CH
2
CH
3
O
(a)
COCH
2
CH
3
O
(b)
CH
2
OCCH
3
O
(c)
CH
2
COCH
3
O
(d)
OCH
2
CCH
3
O
(e)
C
6
H
5
CO
H11002
(c) H11001
O
HOCH
3
C
6
H
5
CO
H11002
(e)
OCH
3
OH
C
6
H
5
CO
H11002
(b) H11001
O
HOCH
3
C
6
H
5
CO
H11002
(d) H11001
O
HOCH
3
C
6
H
5
CO
H11002
(a) H11001
O
HOCH
3
OC
6
H
5
COCH
3
O
H11001
(d)H
3
CCNH
O
HH
(b)H
3
CCN
O
HH
(e)H
3
CCN
O
HH
(c)H
3
CCNH
O
H11002
H11001
H
(a)H
3
CCN
O
H
H11002
CHCH
2
CNHC
6
H
5
H
2
C
O
CHCH
2
CHC
6
H
5
H
2
C
NH
2
CHCH
2
CHC
6
H
5
H
2
C
OH
CHCH
2
NHCC
6
H
5
H
2
C
O
CHCH
2
CC
6
H
5
H
2
C
O
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