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© Prentice Hall 2001 Chapter 3 1
Addition of Hydrogen Halides to Alkenes
What about the following reaction?
Which sp2 carbon gets the hydrogen and which gets the chlorine?
CH3 C
CH3
CH2HCl CH3 C
CH3
Cl
CH3 CH3 CH
CH3
CH2Cl+ or
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Addition of Hydrogen Halides to Alkenes The more substituted carbocation is
preferred
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Stability of Carbocations Alkyl groups (“R”s) tend to stabilize the
positive charge on the sp2 carbon of a carbocation
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Stability of Carbocations Alkyl groups are more polarizable than
hydrogen (i.e. they tend to release electrons more easily than does hydrogen)
Also, alkyl groups can release electrons via hyperconjugation
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Stability of Carbocations Alkyl groups bonded to the sp2 carbon of
a carbocation tend to spread out the positive charge, thereby stabilizing the carbocation
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The Hammond Postulate
Carbocation formation is endergonic - hence transition state is closest to the carbocation
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The Hammond Postulate Formation of a tertiary carbocation should
be faster than formation of a primary carbocation
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Regioselectivity - Markovnikov’s Rule
“When a hydrogen halide adds to an asymmetrical alkene, the addition occurs such that the halogen attaches itself to the carbon atom of the alkene bearing the least number of hydrogen atoms”
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Markovnikov’s Rule Modern equivalent statement: The electrophile adds to the sp2 carbon
that is bonded to the greater number of hydrogens
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Addition of Water
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Rearrangements of Carbocations
1,2-Hydride Shift
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Rearrangements of Carbocations
1,2-Methyl Shift
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Addition of Halogens
The atoms that make up the Br2 or Cl2 molecules are very electronegative
The halogen-halogen bond is weak
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Addition of Halogens
When electrons approach a halogen molecule, one end of the halogen molecule accepts them releasing the shared bonding pair to the other halogen atom to form a halonium ion and a halide ion
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Addition of Halogens
The remaining halide ion is a good nucleophile which attacks the positively charged halonium ion
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Addition of Halogens
Chlorine and bromine are the only useful halogen used for this reaction
Fluorine reacts explosively, and iodine doesn’t react
Addition reactions typically are carried out in CCl4