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K Peter C Vollhardt was born in Madrid, raised in Buenos Aires and Munich,studied at the University of Munich, got his Ph.D with Professor Peter Garratt at theUniversity College, London, and was a postdoctoral fellow with Professor BobBergman (then) at the California Institute of Technology He moved to Berkeley in

1974 when he began his efforts toward the development of organocobalt reagents

in organic synthesis, the preparation of theoretically interesting hydrocarbons, theassembly of novel transition metal arrays with potential in catalysis, and the discov-ery of a parking space Among other pleasant experiences, he was a Studienstiftler,Adolf Windaus medalist, Humboldt Senior Scientist, ACS Organometallic Awardee,

Otto Bayer Prize Awardee, A C Cope Scholar, Japan Societyfor the Promotion of Science Prize Holder, and recipient ofthe Medal of the University Aix-Marseille and an HonoraryDoctorate from The University of Rome Tor Vergata He is

the current Chief Editor of Synlett Among his more than 290

publications, he treasures especially this textbook in organicchemistry, translated into ten languages Peter is married toMarie-José Sat, a French artist, and they have two children,Paloma (b 1994) and Julien (b 1997), whose picture you canadmire on p 168

Neil E Schore was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1948.His education took him through the public schools of theBronx, New York, and Ridgefield, New Jersey, after which hecompleted a B.A with honors in chemistry at the University

of Pennsylvania in 1969 Moving back to New York, he workedwith Professor Nicholas Turro at Columbia University, study-ing photochemical and photophysical processes of organiccompounds for his Ph.D thesis He first met Peter Vollhardtwhen he and Peter were doing postdoctoral work in Profes-sor Robert Bergman’s laboratory at Cal Tech in the 1970s.Since joining the U C Davis faculty in 1976, he has taughtorganic chemistry to more than 10,000 nonchemistry majors,winning three teaching awards, and has published over 80 papers in various areas related

to organic synthesis Neil is married to Carrie Erickson, a microbiologist at the U C DavisSchool of Veterinary Medicine They have two children, Michael (b 1981) and Stefanie(b 1983), both of whom carried out experiments for this book

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Preface: A User’s Guide to Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function xx

1-1 The Scope of Organic Chemistry: An Overview 2

Chemical Highlight 1-1 Saccharin: One of the Oldest Synthetic

Organic Compounds in Commercial Use 4

1-2 Coulomb Forces: A Simplified View of Bonding 51-3 Ionic and Covalent Bonds: The Octet Rule 71-4 Electron-Dot Model of Bonding: Lewis Structures 14

1-6 Atomic Orbitals: A Quantum Mechanical Description

of Electrons Around the Nucleus 231-7 Molecular Orbitals and Covalent Bonding 291-8 Hybrid Orbitals: Bonding in Complex Molecules 321-9 Structures and Formulas of Organic Molecules 38

2 Structure and Reactivity: Acids and Bases, Polar and Nonpolar Molecules 512-1 Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Simple Chemical Processes 522-2 Acids and Bases; Electrophiles and Nucleophiles 58

Chemical Highlight 2-1 Stomach Acid

2-3 Functional Groups: Centers of Reactivity 662-4 Straight-Chain and Branched Alkanes 69

2-6 Structural and Physical Properties of Alkanes 762-7 Rotation about Single Bonds: Conformations 79

Chemical Highlight 2-2 “Sexual Swindle” by Means of

2-8 Rotation in Substituted Ethanes 83

3 Reactions of Alkanes: Bond-Dissociation Energies, Radical Halogenation, and Relative Reactivity 963-1 Strength of Alkane Bonds: Radicals 973-2 Structure of Alkyl Radicals: Hyperconjugation 1003-3 Conversion of Petroleum: Pyrolysis 101

Chemical Highlight 3-1 Petroleum and Gasoline:

3-4 Chlorination of Methane: The Radical

3-10 Combustion and the Relative Stabilities

4-7 Carbocyclic Products in Nature 151

Chemical Highlight 4-1 Cubane Derivatives with Potential

as Explosives: Octanitrocubane 151 Chemical Highlight 4-2 Cholesterol: How Is It Bad and

Chemical Highlight 4-3 Controlling Fertility: From “the Pill”

5-3 Absolute Configuration: R–S Sequence Rules 177

Chemical Highlight 5-2 Absolute Configuration:

5-5 Molecules Incorporating Several Stereocenters: Diastereomers 186

5-7 Stereochemistry in Chemical Reactions 192

Chemical Highlight 5-4 Chiral Drugs: Racemic or

5-8 Resolution: Separation of Enantiomers 201

6 Properties and Reactions of Haloalkanes: Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution 215

6-1 Physical Properties of Haloalkanes 215

Chemical Highlight 6-1 Halogenated Steroids as Anti-Inflammatory

and Anti-Asthmatic Agents 217

6-3 Reaction Mechanisms Involving Polar Functional Groups:

Using “Electron-Pushing” Arrows 221

6-4 A Closer Look at the Nucleophilic Substitution

6-5 Frontside or Backside Attack? Stereochemistry of

6-6 Consequences of Inversion in SN2 Reactions 228

6-7 Structure and SN2 Reactivity: The Leaving Group 231

6-8 Structure and SN2 Reactivity: The Nucleophile 232

6-9 Structure and SN2 Reactivity: The Substrate 239

Chemical Highlight 6-2 The Dilemma of Bromomethane:

Highly Useful but Also Highly Toxic 240

7 Further Reactions of Haloalkanes: Unimolecular

7-1 Solvolysis of Tertiary and Secondary Haloalkanes 2507-2 Unimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution 2527-3 Stereochemical Consequences of SN1 Reactions 2557-4 Effects of Solvent, Leaving Group, and Nucleophile on

7-5 Effect of the Alkyl Group on the SN1 Reaction:

in Anticancer Drug Synthesis 261

7-8 Competition Between Substitution and Elimination:

Structure Determines Function 2687-9 Summary of Reactivity of Haloalkanes 271

8 Hydroxy Functional Group: Alcohols: Properties, Preparation, and Strategy of Synthesis 285

8-2 Structural and Physical Properties of Alcohols 287

8-4 Industrial Sources of Alcohols: Carbon Monoxide and Ethene 2938-5 Synthesis of Alcohols by Nucleophilic Substitution 2948-6 Synthesis of Alcohols: Oxidation–Reduction Relation

Between Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds 295

8-7 Organometallic Reagents: Sources of Nucleophilic

Carbon for Alcohol Synthesis 3038-8 Organometallic Reagents in the Synthesis of Alcohols 306

Chemical Highlight 8-3 Transition Metal-Catalyzed

Cross-Coupling Reactions 308

8-9 Complex Alcohols: An Introduction to Synthetic Strategy 309

CONTENTS ix

9-1 Reactions of Alcohols with Base: Preparation of Alkoxides 333

9-2 Reactions of Alcohols with Strong Acids: Alkyloxonium

Ions in Substitution and Elimination Reactions

9-4 Organic and Inorganic Esters from Alcohols 342

9-5 Names and Physical Properties of Ethers 346

Chemical Highlight 9-1 Chemiluminescence of

9-10 Sulfur Analogs of Alcohols and Ethers 364

9-11 Physiological Properties and Uses of Alcohols and Ethers 367

1 0 Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Deduce Structure 387

10-3 Hydrogen Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 391

10-4 Using NMR Spectra to Analyze Molecular Structure:

10-5 Tests for Chemical Equivalence 401

Chemical Highlight 10-2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine 404

10-7 Spin–Spin Splitting: The Effect of Nonequivalent

10-8 Spin–Spin Splitting: Some Complications 415

Chemical Highlight 10-3 The Nonequivalence of Diastereotopic

10-9 Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 422

Chemical Highlight 10-4 Correlated NMR Spectra: COSY

Chemical Highlight 10-5 Structural Characterization of Natural

Products: Antioxidants from Grape Seeds 430

11-2 Structure and Bonding in Ethene: The Pi Bond 45011-3 Physical Properties of Alkenes 45311-4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Alkenes 454

11-10 Preparation of Alkenes from Haloalkanes and Alkyl

Sulfonates: Bimolecular Elimination Revisited 47711-11 Preparation of Alkenes by Dehydration of Alcohols 481

Chemical Highlight 11-2 Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of

12-3 Nucleophilic Character of the Pi Bond: Electrophilic

Addition of Hydrogen Halides 50412-4 Alcohol Synthesis by Electrophilic Hydration:

12-5 Electrophilic Addition of Halogens to Alkenes 51012-6 The Generality of Electrophilic Addition 513

12-7 Oxymercuration–Demercuration: A Special

Chemical Highlight 12-1 Juvenile Hormone Analogs in the Battle

against Insect-Borne Diseases 517

12-8 Hydroboration–Oxidation: A Stereospecific

12-9 Diazomethane, Carbenes, and Cyclopropane Synthesis 522

12-10 Oxacyclopropane (Epoxide) Synthesis: Epoxidation by

12-11 Vicinal Syn Dihydroxylation with Osmium Tetroxide 526

Chemical Highlight 12-2 Enantioselective Dihydroxylation in the

Synthesis of Antitumor Drugs 528

12-12 Oxidative Cleavage: Ozonolysis 529

12-13 Radical Additions: Anti-Markovnikov Product Formation 531

12-14 Dimerization, Oligomerization, and Polymerization of Alkenes 533

Chemical Highlight 12-4 Polymer-Supported Synthesis of

12-16 Ethene: An Important Industrial Feedstock 540

12-17 Alkenes in Nature: Insect Pheromones 541

Chemical Highlight 12-5 Metal-Catalyzed Alkene Metathesis for

Constructing Medium and Large Rings 542

13-2 Properties and Bonding in the Alkynes 563

13-4 Preparation of Alkynes by Double Elimination 570

13-5 Preparation of Alkynes from Alkynyl Anions 571

13-6 Reduction of Alkynes: The Relative Reactivity of the

13-7 Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkynes 576

13-8 Anti-Markovnikov Additions to Triple Bonds 579

13-9 Chemistry of Alkenyl Halides 580

13-10 Ethyne as an Industrial Starting Material 582

Chemical Highlight 13-1 Metal-Catalyzed Stille, Suzuki, and

Sonogashira Coupling Reactions 582

CONTENTS xi

13-11 Naturally Occurring and Physiologically Active Alkynes 585

14-1 Overlap of Three Adjacent p Orbitals: Electron

Delocalization in the 2-Propenyl (Allyl) System 60314-2 Radical Allylic Halogenation 60614-3 Nucleophilic Substitution of Allylic Halides: SN1 and SN2 60714-4 Allylic Organometallic Reagents: Useful Three-Carbon

14-5 Two Neighboring Double Bonds: Conjugated Dienes 61014-6 Electrophilic Attack on Conjugated Dienes:

Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control 614

Chemical Highlight 14-1 Use of a Fungicidal Diene in Making

14-7 Delocalization among More than Two Pi Bonds: Extended

14-8 A Special Transformation of Conjugated Dienes: Diels-Alder

Chemical Highlight 14-2 Conducting Organic Polymers: Materials

Chemical Highlight 14-5 The Contributions of IR, MS, and UV

to the Characterization of Viniferone 647

15-2 Structure and Resonance Energy of Benzene: A First

15-3 Pi Molecular Orbitals of Benzene 672

15-4 Spectral Characteristics of the Benzene Ring 674

15-5 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 679

Chemical Highlight 15-1 The Allotropes of Carbon: Graphite,

15-6 Other Cyclic Polyenes: Hückel’s Rule 685

Chemical Highlight 15-2 Juxtaposing Aromatic and Antiaromatic

Rings in Fused Hydrocarbons 686

15-7 Hückel’s Rule and Charged Molecules 690

15-8 Synthesis of Benzene Derivatives: Electrophilic

15-9 Halogenation of Benzene: The Need for a Catalyst 695

15-10 Nitration and Sulfonation of Benzene 696

15-12 Limitations of Friedel-Crafts Alkylations 702

15-13 Friedel-Crafts Alkanoylation (Acylation) 704

1 6 Electrophilic Attack on Derivatives of Benzene: Substituents Control Regioselectivity 721

16-1 Activation or Deactivation by Substituents on a

16-2 Directing Inductive Effects of Alkyl Groups 724

16-3 Directing Effects of Substituents in Conjugation with

Chemical Highlight 16-1 Explosive Nitroarenes: TNT and Picric Acid 731

16-4 Electrophilic Attack on Disubstituted Benzenes 735

16-5 Synthetic Strategies Toward Substituted Benzenes 738

16-6 Reactivity of Polycyclic Benzenoid Hydrocarbons 744

16-7 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Cancer 748

17-1 Naming the Aldehydes and Ketones 764

17-2 Structure of the Carbonyl Group 766

17-3 Spectroscopic Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones 768

CONTENTS xiii

17-4 Preparation of Aldehydes and Ketones 77317-5 Reactivity of the Carbonyl Group:

17-6 Addition of Water to Form Hydrates 77817-7 Addition of Alcohols to Form Hemiacetals and Acetals 77917-8 Acetals as Protecting Groups 78217-9 Nucleophilic Addition of Ammonia and Its Derivatives 784

17-10 Deoxygenation of the Carbonyl Group 78917-11 Addition of Hydrogen Cyanide to Give Cyanohydrins 79117-12 Addition of Phosphorus Ylides: The Wittig Reaction 792

17-13 Oxidation by Peroxycarboxylic Acids:

The Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation 79517-14 Oxidative Chemical Tests for Aldehydes 796

Chemical Highlight 18-1 Enzyme-Catalyzed Stereoselective

Aldol Condensations in Nature 829

18-7 Intramolecular Aldol Condensation 830

Chemical Highlight 18-2 Enzymes in Synthesis: Stereoselective

Crossed Aldol Condensations 830

18-8 Properties of
,-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones 832

Chemical Highlight 18-3 Reactions of Unsaturated Aldehydes

in Nature: The Chemistry of Vision 832

18-9 Conjugate Additions to
,-Unsaturated Aldehydes

Chemical Highlight 18-4 Prostaglandins:
,-Dialkylation

19-2 Structural and Physical Properties of Carboxylic Acids 859

19-3 Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry of

19-4 Acidic and Basic Character of Carboxylic Acids 864

19-5 Carboxylic Acid Synthesis in Industry 867

19-6 Methods for Introducing the Carboxy Functional Group 867

19-7 Substitution at the Carboxy Carbon:

The Addition–Elimination Mechanism 870

19-8 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Alkanoyl (Acyl) Halides

19-9 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Esters 876

19-10 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Amides 880

19-11 Reduction of Carboxylic Acids by Lithium

19-12 Bromination Next to the Carboxy Group:

The Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction 882

19-13 Biological Activity of Carboxylic Acids 884

20-1 Relative Reactivities, Structures, and Spectra of

20-2 Chemistry of Alkanoyl Halides 914

20-3 Chemistry of Carboxylic Anhydrides 918

20-5 Esters in Nature: Waxes, Fats, Oils, and Lipids 924

CONTENTS xv

Chemical Highlight 20-1 Alternatives to Petroleum: Fuels from

20-6 Amides: The Least Reactive Carboxylic Acid Derivatives 928

20-7 Amidates and Their Halogenation: The Hofmann

Chemical Highlight 20-3 Methyl Isocyanate, Carbamate-based

Insecticides, and Safety in the Chemical

2 1 Amines and Their Derivatives: Functional Groups Containing Nitrogen 956

21-2 Structural and Physical Properties of Amines 958

Chemical Highlight 21-1 Physiologically Active Amines

21-3 Spectroscopy of the Amine Group 96221-4 Acidity and Basicity of Amines 965

Chemical Highlight 21-2 Separation of Amines from Other

Organic Compounds by Aqueous

21-5 Synthesis of Amines by Alkylation 96921-6 Synthesis of Amines by Reductive Amination 97221-7 Synthesis of Amines from Carboxylic Amides 97521-8 Quaternary Ammonium Salts: Hofmann Elimination 97521-9 Mannich Reaction: Alkylation of Enols by Iminium Ions 977

22-2 Benzylic Oxidations and Reductions 1006

22-3 Names and Properties of Phenols 1009

Chemical Highlight 22-1 Two Phenols in the News:

Bisphenol A and Resveratrol 1012

22-4 Preparation of Phenols: Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution 1013

22-5 Alcohol Chemistry of Phenols 1022

22-6 Electrophilic Substitution of Phenols 1024

22-7 An Electrocyclic Reaction of the Benzene Ring:

22-8 Oxidation of Phenols: Benzoquinones 1030

Chemical Highlight 22-3 Chemical Warfare in Nature:

22-9 Oxidation-Reduction Processes in Nature 1033

22-11 Electrophilic Substitution with Arenediazonium Salts:

Chemical Highlight 22-4 William Perkin and the Origins of

Industrial and Medicinal Chemistry 1042

2 3 Ester Enolates and the Claisen Condensation: Synthesis of

-Dicarbonyl Compounds; Acyl Anion Equivalents 1061

23-2 -Dicarbonyl Compounds as Synthetic Intermediates 1069

23-4 Alkanoyl (Acyl) Anion Equivalents: Preparation of

Chemical Highlight 23-2 Thiamine: A Natural, Metabolically

24-1 Names and Structures of Carbohydrates 1097

24-2 Conformations and Cyclic Forms of Sugars 1101

24-3 Anomers of Simple Sugars: Mutarotation of Glucose 1105

CONTENTS xvii

24-4 Polyfunctional Chemistry of Sugars: Oxidation to

24-5 Oxidative Cleavage of Sugars 110924-6 Reduction of Monosaccharides to Alditols 111024-7 Carbonyl Condensations with Amine Derivatives 111124-8 Ester and Ether Formation: Glycosides 1112

Imaging the Human Brain 1113

24-9 Step-by-Step Buildup and Degradation of Sugars 1116

24-10 Relative Configurations of the Aldoses: An Exercise in

24-11 Complex Sugars in Nature: Disaccharides 1122

24-12 Polysaccharides and Other Sugars in Nature 1127

25-3 Structure and Properties of Aromatic Heterocyclopentadienes 115325-4 Reactions of the Aromatic Heterocyclopentadienes 115625-5 Structure and Preparation of Pyridine: An Azabenzene 1160

Chemical Highlight 25-3 Pyridinium Salts in Nature:

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide 1166

25-7 Quinoline and Isoquinoline: The Benzopyridines 1167

25-8 Alkaloids: Physiologically Potent Nitrogen Heterocycles

CONTENTS xix

2 6 Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids: Nitrogen-Containing Polymers in Nature 1191

26-1 Structure and Properties of Amino Acids 1192

Chemical Highlight 26-1 Arginine and Nitric Oxide in

Biochemistry and Medicine 1197

26-2 Synthesis of Amino Acids: A Combination of Amine and

26-3 Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Amino Acids 1201

Chemical Highlight 26-2 Synthesis of Optically Pure Amino Acids:

Phase-Transfer Catalysis 1202

26-4 Peptides and Proteins: Amino Acid Oligomers

26-5 Determination of Primary Structure:

26-6 Synthesis of Polypeptides: A Challenge in the

Application of Protecting Groups 1216

26-7 Merrifield Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis 1219

26-8 Polypeptides in Nature: Oxygen Transport by the

Proteins Myoglobin and Hemoglobin 1221

26-9 Biosynthesis of Proteins: Nucleic Acids 1223

Chemical Highlight 26-3 Synthetic Nucleic Acid Bases and

Nucleosides in Medicine 1225

26-10 Protein Synthesis Through RNA 1228

26-11 DNA Sequencing and Synthesis: Cornerstones of

A User’s Guide to

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY S t r u c t u r e a n d F u n c t i o n

In this edition of Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function, we maintain our goal

of helping students organize all the information presented in the course and fit it into

a logical framework for understanding contemporary organic chemistry This work emphasizes that the structure of an organic molecule determines how that mol-ecule functions in a chemical reaction By understanding the connection betweenstructure and function, we can learn to solve practical problems in organic chemistry

frame-In the fifth edition, we have strengthened the themes of understanding reactivity,mechanisms, and synthetic analysis to apply chemical concepts to realistic situations

We incorporated new applications of organic chemistry in the life sciences, industrialpractices, and environmental monitoring and clean-up This edition includes more than

100 new or substantially revised problems, including new problems on synthesis andgreen chemistry, and new “challenging” problems For the first time, we are offer-

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Review and Extension of General Chemistry Concepts

The first five chapters of the book focus on the general principles of bonding, tivity, and stereochemistry that enable students to understand the connections

reac-between structure and function Chapter 1 reviews thefundamentals of how structure affects bonding, layingthe groundwork for later study of functional groups.Chapter 2 discusses the basics of polar reactions, com-paring the properties of acids and bases with those ofnucleophiles and electrophiles, while also presentinginitial ideas of reaction kinetics and thermodynamics

Developing the Basic Tools for Understanding Function

An overview of the major functional groups of organic chemistry appears in ter 2 Chapter 2 also describes the nonreactive backbone of common organic mol-ecules, as shown by the properties and behavior of the alkanes Chapter 3 intro-duces the idea of bond-dissociation energies, illustrated by the radical halogenation

of alkanes Chapter 4 presents the first cyclic molecules—the cycloalkanes In ter 5 we cover stereochemistry to prepare students for learning the mechanisms ofsubstitution and elimination reactions of haloalkanes (Chapters 6 and 7) and theaddition reactions of alkenes (Chapter 12)

Chap-2-1 Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Simple Chemical Processes

The simplest chemical reactions may be described as equilibration between two

dis-tinct species Such processes are governed by two fundamental considerations:

1 Chemical thermodynamics, which deals with the changes in energy that take

place when processes such as chemical reactions occur Thermodynamics

con-trols the extent to which a reaction goes to completion.

2 Chemical kinetics, which concerns the velocity or rate at which the

concentra-tions of reactants and products change In other words, kinetics describes the

speed at which a reaction goes to completion.

Help in Seeing the Big Picture

Students must learn so many facts about the structures and

functions of the various families of organic compounds that it

is easy for them to lose sight of the most important concepts

in the course We include short summaries at the ends of most

sections in the book, emphasizing the main ideas for students

to remember These have been revised in the new edition to

better reflect the distinction between typical chemical

behav-ior and important exceptions

In addition, the end

of each chapter has

a short section, called

The Big Picture, that

reinforces the tions between topicswithin chapters andbetween chapters, andfits the material into theoverall presentation ofthe course These sec-tions are not summaries,but serve to indicatewhere we’ve been andwhere we’re going

connec-They have been revised

in this tion to betterreinforce thethemes stated in the chapter-opening introductions, which help set the con-

edi-text for the material in the chapter

We have retained the Reaction Summary Road Maps, also at the

ends of some chapters, which summarize the principal reactions for

preparation and applications of each major functional group The

Prepa-ration maps indicate the possible origins of a functionality—that is, the

precursor functional groups The Reaction maps show what each

func-tional group does In both maps, reaction arrows are labeled with

partic-ular reagents and start from or end at specific reactants or products The

reaction arrows are also labeled with new section numbers indicating

where the transformation is discussed in the new edition

STRONGER PEDAGOGY FOR SOLVING

PROBLEMS

Examples of Problem-Solving Approaches

We include worked-out solutions to in-chapter exercises, called

Work-ing with the Concepts These solutions emphasize the reasonWork-ing

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IN SUMMARYThe various hydrogen atoms present in an organic molecule can

be recognized by their characteristic NMR peaks at certain chemical shifts, An

electron-poor environment is deshielded and leads to low-field (high-) absorptions,

whereas an electron-rich environment results in shielded or high-field peaks The chemical shift  is measured in parts per million by dividing the difference in hertz

between the measured resonance and that of the internal standard, tetramethylsilane, (CH 3 ) 4 Si, by the spectrometer frequency in megahertz The NMR spectra for the

OH groups of alcohols, the SH groups of thiols, and the NH 2 (NHR) groups of amines exhibit characteristically broad peaks with concentration- and moisture- dependent values.

Alkanes lack functional groups, so they do not undergo the kinds of electrophile–

nucleophile reactions typical of functionalized molecules In fact, alkanes are pretty

unreactive However, under appropriate conditions, they undergo homolytic bond

cleavage to form radicals, which are reactive species containing odd numbers of

elec-trons This is another situation in which the structure of a class of compounds

determines their function Unlike heterolytic processes, which normally proceed via

movement of pairs of electrons to form or break bonds, homolytic chemistry utilizes

the splitting of covalent bonds to give unpaired single electrons, as well as their

com-bination to give new bonds.

In organic chemistry, radical reactions are not encountered as frequently as those

of polar functional groups However, radicals play prominent roles in biological,

environmental, and industrial chemistry.

The halogenation of alkanes, a radical process in which hydrogen is replaced by

halogen, forms the haloalkane functional group Examination of halogenation allows

us to learn about several features common to most transformations, including the way

information about a reaction mechanism may be obtained from experimental

obser-vations, the relationship between thermodynamics and kinetics, and notions of

reac-tivity and selecreac-tivity The products of halogenation, the haloalkanes, are the starting

compounds for a wide variety of reactions, as we will see in Chapters 6 through 9.

Before we examine other classes of compounds and their properties, we need

to learn more about the structures and, in particular, the geometric shapes of organic

molecules In Chapter 4 we discuss compounds that contain atoms in rings and in

Chapter 5 we study additional forms of isomerism The ideas we introduce are a

nec-essary background as we begin a systematic study in the chapters that follow of polar

reactions of haloalkanes and alcohols.

THE BIG PICTURE

OH

H(R ) OR

H(R ) R
COR

R
COR orGG

G G

RO C C C H

GG

G G

HX H 2 SO 4 ,∆ R
COOH PX 3

R
CClBO

H, C O B G C G

G

G C B R
CH(R), H 

O B

G

OH

C O B

NC Substrate:

OH C

G

G D

them The exercises chosen for solution aretypical homework or test problems, enablingstudents to acquire a feel for solving complexproblems, rather than artificially simplified sit-uations In response to strong positive feed-back on this feature, we have increased thenumber of these solutions by about 50 percent

in the book overall

A Wide Variety of Problem Types

Users and reviewers of past editions have oftencited the end-of-chapter problems as a majorstrength of the book, both for the range of dif-ficulty levels and the variety of practical appli-cations In this edition, we have highlightedthose end-of-chapter problems that are moredifficult with a special icon

• The Chapter Integration Problems include worked-out step-by-step solutions to

problems involving several concepts from within chapters and from among

sev-eral chapters These solutions place particularemphasis on problem analysis, deductive reason-ing, and logical conclusions

• Team Problems encourage discussion and

collaborative learning among students Theycan be assigned as regular homework or asprojects for groups of students to work on

• For students planning careers in medicine or

related fields, Preprofessional Problems

offer a multiple-choice format typical of lems on the MCAT®, GRE, and DAT In addition, a selection of actual test passages and questions from past MCAT ® exams appears in an appendix.

prob-REAL CHEMISTRY BY PRACTICING CHEMISTS

An Emphasis on Practical Applications

Every chapter of this text features discussions of biological, medical, and industrialapplications of organic chemistry, many of them new to this edition Some of theseapplications are found in the text discussion, others in the exercises and problems,

and still others in the Chemical Highlight boxes Topics range from the chemistry

behind the effects on human health of “compounds in the news” (cholesterol, transfatty acids, grape seed extracts, green tea), to the role played by chemistry in thedevelopment of the fields of modern biology and medicine, to DNA fingerprintingand how it works Updated applications include advances in the development of “green,”environmentally friendly methods in the chemical industry, new chemically-based

EXERCISE 5-9

Assign the absolute configuration of the molecules depicted in Table 5-1.

(labeled A) in which it appears in Table 5-1 Remember that the fact that this enantiomer

lish which one it is, we focus on the stereocenter and arrange the molecule in space in

observer Therefore, the first task is to assign priorities: Br is a, CH2 CH 3is b, CH3is c,

and H is d, as depicted in structure B The second task, arranging the molecule in space

as required, is more difficult at first, but becomes easier with practice A safe approach

the C–d bond in the plane of the page pointing to the left and imagine us looking down

bon atom (to move the C–d bond into the plane of the page) to reach C and then the entire

configuration: R As you do more of these assignments, you will become increasingly adept

C

b

c a d

C

b

c a

b

at “seeing” the molecule in three dimensions and placing your “eye” appropriately such

that the trio a, b, c is pointing toward you, group d away from you.

Chapter Integration Problems

21-22 On the basis of the synthetic methods for amines provided in this chapter, carry out

retrosynthetic analyses of Prozac, with 4-trifluoromethylphenol and benzene as your starting

Prozac

[R,S-N-Methyl-3-(4-trifluoro-phenoxy)-3-phenyl-1-propanamine]

SOLUTION:

As for any synthetic problem, you can envisage many possible solutions However, the constraints

of given starting materials, convergence, and practicality rapidly narrow the number of

avail-able options Thus, it is clear that the 4-trifluoromethylphenoxy group is best introduced by

(Section 22-1), with the use of our first starting compound, 4-trifluoromethylphenol.

(continued)

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methods of disease diagnosis and treatment, and uses of transition metals and

enzymes to catalyze reactions in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry, including

brief introductions to alkene metathesis and metal-catalyzed coupling reactions

(Heck, Stille, Suzuki, and Sonogashira)

A major application of organic chemistry, stressed throughout the text, is the

thesis of new products and materials We emphasize the development of good

syn-thetic strategies and the avoidance of pitfalls, illustrating these ideas with many

Working with the Concepts and Integration Problems Many chapters contain

spe-cific syntheses of biological and medicinal importance

Early Introduction of Reactions

The payoff for learning how structure affects function comes in understanding

organic reactions In Chapter 2 we emphasize how structure affects function in

polar reactions, stressing their importance throughout the course However, as in

previous editions, the first reaction we discuss in detail is the radical halogenation

of methane, presented in Chapter 3 This order enables us to introduce the

con-cepts of bond-dissociation energy and the stability of radicals in the context of the

simplest organic bonds, C—H and C—C

Because the halogenation of methane does not

include ionic species, we can analyze the

over-all process, as well as the individual steps, from

the point of view of thermodynamics and

poten-tial energy diagrams, giving students new tools

for judging the feasibility of all future transformations Finally, our choice of the

lead reaction permits us to generalize to issues of reactivity and selectivity,

pro-viding students with a model for how to deal with molecules containing several

equally reactive sites Icons in the page margins highlight the location of most

major reactions discussed in the text

A Uniform Chapter Organization Based on Structure

and Function

The structures of haloalkanes and how they determine haloalkane behavior in

nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions are the main topics of

Chap-ters 6 and 7 Subsequent chapChap-ters present material on functional-group compounds

according to the same scheme introduced for haloalkanes: nomenclature,

structure, spectroscopy, preparations, reactions, and biological and other

applica-tions The emphasis on structure and function allows us to discuss the

mechanisms of all new important reactions concurrently, rather than scattered

throughout the text We believe this unified presentation of mechanisms benefits

students enormously

We treat alcohols early (Chapters 8 and 9) because understanding their chemistry

leads to appreciating their central role in synthesis Similarly, we present

carboca-tions (and their rearrangements; see Section 9-3) before the Markovnikov rule

(Chap-ter 12); alkenes (Chap(Chap-ter 12) before conjugated polyenes (Chap(Chap-ter 14); and

conju-gated polyenes before aromatic systems (Chapter 15) The coverage of spectroscopy

in the first half of the text (Chapters 10 and 11), after students have learned some

of the basic functional groups, continues the theme of how structure affects

func-tion This organization allows students to apply spectroscopic techniques in the

con-text of later functional groups

Unified Presentation of Spectroscopy

In this edition we have consolidated the presentation of NMR, IR, and mass troscopy into two chapters (10 and 11) toward the end of the first half of the

spec-book At this point, students have attainedsome familiarity with the functional groupsused to illustrate spectroscopic methods andcan then learn the spectroscopic characteristics

of all other types of compounds as they areintroduced As in earlier editions, we cover UVand visible spectroscopy in the context of delo-calized pi systems (Chapter 14) Several dis-cussions and problems in the second half of thebook unify the application of spectroscopictechniques in structure determination

VISUALIZING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

We have continued in this edition to emphasizemechanisms as a way of understanding why andhow reactions occur

• The use of electron-pushing arrows, introduced

in Section 2-2, is reinforced in Section 6-3 andapplied extensively in all subsequent chapters

• Computer-generated ball-and-stick and filling models help students visualize stericfactors in many kinds of reactions Icons in thepage margins indicate where model building

space-by students would be especially helpful forvisualizing three-dimensional structures anddynamics

4 5 6 7 8

3.4 ppm

2H 2H 3H

3.5

1.8 ppm 1.9

1.0 ppm 1.1

Curved-Arrow Representations of Several Common Types of Mechanisms

Reverse of Lewis Lewis base reaction

acid-Only one of the two bonds between C and O is cleaved

Carbon–carbon double bond acting as a Lewis base

Methyl

D C

B A

(Similar to ethyl case) (Severe steric hindrance between

methyl and incoming nucleophile) (One hydrogen lies in the

path of the nucleophile) (Minimum steric hindrance)

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• Electrostatic potential maps of many

species help students see how

elec-tron distributions affect the behavior

of species in various interactions

Once again, we emphasize that

structure determines function

• Icons in the page margins highlight the locations of important mechanisms

• In this edition we have included approximately 50 mated mechanisms on the W H Freeman Web site Allmechanisms are indicated by Media Link icons in thepage margins

ani-• We have retained the Interlude following

Chapter 14 for students that summarizes the

rel-atively few types of mechanisms that drive the

majority of organic reactions

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H H ow do chemicals regulate your body? Why did your muscles ache this

morn-ing after last night’s long jog? What is in the pill you took to get rid of that

headache you got after studying all night? What happens to the gasoline

you pour into the gas tank of your car? What is the molecular composition of the

things you wear? What is the difference between a cotton shirt and one made of silk?

What is the origin of the odor of garlic? You will find the answers to these questions,

and many others that you may have asked yourself, in this book on organic chemistry

Chemistry is the study of the structure of molecules and the rules that govern their

interactions As such, it interfaces closely with the fields of biology, physics, and

mathematics What, then, is organic chemistry? What distinguishes it from other

chem-ical disciplines, such as physchem-ical, inorganic, or nuclear chemistry? A common

defi-nition provides a partial answer: Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon and

its compounds These compounds are called organic molecules.

Tetrahedral carbon, the essence of organic chemistry, exists as a lattice of six-membered rings in

diamonds In 2003, a family of molecules called diamandoids was isolated from petroleum Diamandoids

are subunits of diamond in which the excised pieces are capped off with hydrogen atoms An example is

the beautifully crystalline pentamantane (molecular model on the left and picture on the right; © 2004

Chevron U.S.A Inc Courtesy of MolecularDiamond Technologies, ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures

LLC), which consists of five “cages” of the diamond lattice The top of the picture shows views of the

structure of pentamantane and the superposition of the molecule on the lattice of diamond.

Organic molecules constitute the chemical building blocks of life Fats, sugars,proteins, and the nucleic acids are compounds in which the principal component iscarbon So are countless substances that we take for granted in everyday use Virtu-ally all the clothes that we wear are made of organic molecules—some of naturalfibers, such as cotton and silk; others artificial, such as polyester Toothbrushes,toothpaste, soaps, shampoos, deodorants, perfumes—all contain organic compounds,

as do furniture, carpets, the plastic in light fixtures and cooking utensils, paintings,food, and countless other items Consequently, organic chemical industries are amongthe largest in the world, including petroleum refining and processing, agrochemicals,plastics, pharmaceuticals, paints and coatings, and the food conglomerates

Organic substances such as gasoline, medicines, pesticides, and polymers haveimproved the quality of our lives Yet the uncontrolled disposal of organic chemicalshas polluted the environment, causing deterioration of animal and plant life as well

as injury and disease to humans If we are to create useful molecules—and learn to

control their effects—we need a knowledge of their properties and an understanding

of their behavior We must be able to apply the principles of organic chemistry.This chapter explains how the basic ideas of chemical structure and bonding ap-ply to organic molecules Most of it is a review of topics that you covered in yourgeneral chemistry courses, including molecular bonds, Lewis structures and reso-nance, atomic and molecular orbitals, and the geometry around bonded atoms

A goal of organic chemistry is to relate the structure of a molecule to the reactionsthat it can undergo We can then study the steps by which each type of reaction takesplace, and we can learn to create new molecules by applying those processes.Thus, it makes sense to classify organic molecules according to the subunits andbonds that determine their chemical reactivity: These determinants are groups of atoms

called functional groups The study of the various functional groups and their

re-spective reactions provides the structure of this book

Functional groups determine the reactivity of organic molecules

We begin with the alkanes, composed of only carbon and hydrogen atoms

(“hydro-carbons”) connected by single bonds They lack any functional groups and as suchconstitute the basic scaffold of organic molecules As with each class of compounds,

we present the systematic rules for naming alkanes, describe their structures, and amine their physical properties (Chapter 2) An example of an alkane is ethane Itsstructural mobility is the starting point for a review of thermodynamics and kinetics.This review is then followed by a discussion of the strength of alkane bonds, whichcan be broken by heat, light, or chemical reagents We illustrate these processes withthe chlorination of alkanes (Chapter 3)

general discussion of stereoisomerism Stereoisomerism is exhibited by compounds

with the same connectivity but differing in the relative positioning of their nent atoms in space (Chapter 5)

compo-Almost everything you see in

this picture is made of organic

1-1 The Scope of Organic Chemistry: An Overview 3

We shall then study the haloalkanes, our first example of compounds containing

a functional group—the carbon–halogen bond The haloalkanes participate in two

types of organic reactions: substitution and elimination (Chapters 6 and 7) In a

sub-stitution reaction, one halogen atom may be replaced by another; in an elimination

process, adjacent atoms may be removed from a molecule to generate a double bond

A Substitution Reaction

CH3OCl  KI 77777n CH3OI  KCl

An Elimination Reaction

Like the haloalkanes, each of the major classes of organic compounds is

charac-terized by a particular functional group For example, the carbon–carbon triple bond

is the functional group of alkynes; ethyne, a well-known alkyne (Chapter 13), is the

chemical burned in a welder’s torch A carbon–oxygen double bond is characteristic

of aldehydes and ketones (Chapters 16 and 17), the starting materials in many

in-dustrial processes The amines (Chapter 21), which include drugs such as nasal

de-congestants and amphetamines, contain nitrogen in their functional group We shall

study the tools for identifying these molecular subunits, especially the various forms

of spectroscopy (Chapters 10, 11, and 14) Organic chemists rely on an array of

spec-troscopic methods to elucidate the structures of unknown compounds All of these

methods depend on the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at specific wavelengths

and the correlation of this information with structural features

Subsequently, we shall encounter organic molecules that are especially crucial in

biology and industry Many of these, such as the carbohydrates (Chapter 24) and

amino acids (Chapter 26), contain multiple functional groups However, in every class

of organic compounds, the principle remains the same: The structure of the molecule

is related to the reactions that it can undergo.

Synthesis is the making of new molecules

Carbon compounds are called “organic” because it was originally thought that they

could be produced only from living organisms In 1828, Friedrich Wöhler* proved

this idea to be false when he converted the inorganic salt lead cyanate into urea, an

organic product of protein metabolism in mammals (The average human excretes 30 g

of urea each day.)

Wöhler’s Synthesis of Urea

Synthesis, or the making of molecules, is a very important part of organic

chem-istry (Chapter 8) Since Wöhler’s time, many millions of organic substances have been

synthesized from simpler materials, both organic and inorganic.† These substances

include many that also occur in nature, such as the penicillin antibiotics, as well as

Lead cyanate Water Ammonia Urea Lead hydroxide

*Professor Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), University of Göttingen, Germany In this and

subsequent biographical notes, only the scientist’s last known location of activity will be

mentioned, even though much of his or her career may have been spent elsewhere.

H

H

H

HH

HHHHH

CC

C

CCCC

CCC

S

NN

Benzylpenicillin

H

HH

HHH

Cubane

C

CCC

CC

HH

H

OO

Saccharin

C

“

S accharin was synthesized in the course of a study

of the oxidation of organic chemicals

contain-ing sulfur and nitrogen In 1879, one of Ira Remsen’s*

students found that his dinner tasted so sweet that

he suspected a practical joke on the part of his

Saccharin: One of the Oldest Synthetic Organic Compounds in Commercial Use

C H E M I C A L H I G H L I G H T 1 - 1

Familiar saccharin-containing packets.

housekeeper However, he soon realized that, despitehaving thoroughly washed before leaving the labora-tory, the sweetness was on his hands and arms Hequickly confirmed that a new compound he had pre-pared that day was responsible

Saccharin is 300 times as sweet as sugar, is notmetabolized in the body, and is virtually nontoxic Ithas proved to be a lifesaver for countless diabeticsand of great value to people who need to control theircaloric intake The possibility that saccharin may be

carcinogenic—that is, capable of causing cancer—

was raised in the 1960s and 1970s For years, ing labels were required on all products containingthe sweetener However, further intensive studies re-vealed that pure saccharin is safe Occasional obser-vations of bladder tumors in rat experiments havebeen attributed to the exceptionally high doses admin-istered Congress repealed a (never implemented) ban

warn-on saccharin in 2000

Saccharin accounts for a large percentage of agrowing market of nonnutritive sweeteners worthmore than $1.2 billion per year Among them is as-partame (NutraSweet), described in Chapter 26

*Professor Ira Remsen (1846–1927), Johns Hopkins

University, Baltimore.

entirely new compounds Some, like cubane, have given chemists the opportunity tostudy special kinds of bonding and reactivity Others, like the artificial sweetener sac-charin, have become a part of everyday life (Chemical Highlight 1-1)

Typically, the goal of synthesis is to construct complex organic chemicals fromsimpler, more readily available ones To be able to convert one molecule into another,chemists must know organic reactions They must also know the physical conditionsthat govern such processes, such as temperature, pressure, solvent, and molecularstructure This knowledge is equally valuable in analyzing reactions in living systems

As we study the chemistry of each functional group, we shall develop the toolsboth for planning effective syntheses and for predicting the processes that take place

in nature But how? The answer lies in looking at reactions step by step

1-2 Coulomb Forces: A Simplified View of Bonding 5 Reactions are the vocabulary and mechanisms are the grammar

of organic chemistry

When we introduce a chemical reaction, we will first show just the starting

com-pounds, or reactants (also called substrates), and the products In the

chlorina-tion process menchlorina-tioned earlier, the substrates—methane, CH4, and chlorine, Cl2—

may undergo a reaction to give chloromethane, CH3Cl, and hydrogen chloride,

HCl We described the overall transformation as CH4 Cl2
CH3Cl HCl

However, even a simple reaction like this one may proceed through a complex

se-quence of steps The reactants could have first formed one or more unobserved

substances—call these X—that rapidly changed into the observed products These

underlying details of the reaction constitute the reaction mechanism In our

ex-ample, the mechanism consists of two major parts: CH4 Cl2
X followed by

X
CH3Cl HCl Each part is crucial in determining whether the overall

reac-tion will proceed

Substances X in our chlorination reaction are examples of reaction

intermedi-ates, species formed on the pathway between reactants and products We shall learn

the mechanism of this chlorination process and the nature of the reaction

intermedi-ates in Chapter 3

How can we determine reaction mechanisms? The strict answer to this

ques-tion is, We cannot All we can do is amass circumstantial evidence that is

consis-tent with (or points to) a certain sequence of molecular events that connect

start-ing materials and products (“the postulated mechanism”) To do so, we exploit the

fact that organic molecules are no more than collections of bonded atoms We can,

therefore, study how, when, and how fast bonds break and form, in which way

they do so in three dimensions, and how changes in substrate structure affect the

outcome of reactions Thus, although we cannot strictly prove a mechanism, we

can certainly rule out many (or even all) reasonable alternatives and propose a

most likely pathway

In a way, the “learning” and “using” of organic chemistry is much like

learn-ing and uslearn-ing a language You need the vocabulary (i.e., the reactions) to be able

to use the right words, but you also need the grammar (i.e., the mechanisms) to be

able to converse intelligently Neither one on its own gives complete knowledge

and understanding, but together they form a powerful means of communication,

ra-tionalization, and predictive analysis To highlight the interplay between reaction

and mechanism, icons are displayed in the margin at appropriate places throughout

the text

Before we begin our study of the principles of organic chemistry, let us review

some of the elementary principles of bonding We shall find these concepts useful in

understanding and predicting the chemical reactivity and the physical properties of

organic molecules

The bonds between atoms hold a molecule together But what causes bonding? Two

atoms form a bond only if their interaction is energetically favorable; that is, if

energy—heat, for example—is released when the bond is formed Conversely,

break-ing that bond requires the input of the same amount of energy

The two main causes of the energy release associated with bonding are based on

Coulomb’s law of electric charge:

1 Opposite charges attract each other (electrons are attracted to protons).

2 Like charges repel each other (electrons spread out in space).

Reaction

Mechanism

Bonds are made by simultaneous coulombic attraction and electron exchange

Each atom consists of a nucleus, containing electrically neutral particles, or neutrons,and positively charged protons Surrounding the nucleus are negatively charged elec-trons, equal in number to the protons so that the net charge is zero As two atoms ap-proach each other, the positively charged nucleus of the first atom attracts the elec-trons of the second atom; similarly, the nucleus of the second atom attracts theelectrons of the first atom As a result, the nuclei are held together by the electrons

located between them This sort of bonding is described by Coulomb’s* law:

Oppo-site charges attract each other with a force inversely proportional to the square of thedistance between the centers of the charges

Coulomb’s Law

Attracting force constant 

This attractive force causes energy to be released as the neutral atoms are brought

to-gether This energy is called the bond strength.

When the atoms reach a certain closeness, no more energy is released The

dis-tance between the two nuclei at this point is called the bond length (Figure 1-1).

Bringing the atoms closer together than this distance results in a sharp increase in

energy Why? As stated above, just as opposite charges attract, like charges repel Ifthe atoms are too close, the electron–electron and nuclear–nuclear repulsions becomestronger than the attractive forces When the nuclei are the appropriate bond lengthapart, the electrons are spread out around both nuclei and attractive and repulsiveforces balance for maximum bonding The energy content of the two-atom system isthen at a minimum, the most stable situation (Figure 1-2)

An alternative to this type of bonding results from the complete transfer of an

electron from one atom to the other The result is two charged ions: one positively charged, a cation, and one negatively charged, an anion (Figure 1-3) Again, the bond-

ing is based on coulombic attraction, this time between two ions

Figure 1-1 The changes

in energy, E, that result when

two atoms are brought into

close proximity At the

separa-tion defined as bond length,

maximum bonding is achieved.

1-3 Ionic and Covalent Bonds: The Octet Rule 7

The coulombic bonding models of attracting and repelling charges shown in

Fig-ures 1-2 and 1-3 are highly simplified views of the interactions that take place in the

bonding of atoms Nevertheless, even these simple models explain many of the

prop-erties of organic molecules In the sections to come, we will examine increasingly

more sophisticated views of bonding

We have seen that attraction between negatively and positively charged particles is a

basis for bonding How does this concept work in real molecules? Two extreme types

of bonding explain the interactions between atoms in organic molecules:

1 A covalent bond is formed by the sharing of electrons (as shown in Figure 1-2).

2 An ionic bond is based on the electrostatic attraction of two ions with opposite

charges (as shown in Figure 1-3)

We shall see that many atoms bind to carbon in a way that is intermediate between

these extremes: Some ionic bonds have covalent character and some covalent bonds

are partly ionic (polarized)

What are the factors that account for the two types of bonds? To answer this

question, let us return to the atoms and their compositions We start by looking at the

periodic table and at how the electronic makeup of the elements changes as the atomic

number increases

The periodic table underlies the octet rule

The partial periodic table depicted in Table 1-1 includes those elements most widely

found in organic molecules: carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N),

sul-fur (S), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I) Certain reagents, indispensable

for synthesis and commonly used, contain elements such as lithium (Li), magnesium

(Mg), boron (B), and phosphorus (P) (If you are not familiar with these elements,

refer to Table 1-1 or the periodic table on the inside cover.)

e−

Atom 2 Atom 1

Ionically Bonded Molecule

Figure 1-3 Ionic ing An alternative mode of bonding results from the com- plete transfer of an electron from atom 1 to atom 2, thereby generating two ions whose opposite charges attract each other.

bond-The elements in the periodic table are listed according to atomic number, or clear charge (number of protons), which also equals the number of electrons Theatomic number increases by one with each element listed The electrons occupy en-ergy levels, or “shells,” each with a fixed capacity For example, the first shell hasroom for two electrons; the second, eight; and the third, eighteen Helium, with two

nu-electrons in its shell, and the other noble gases, with eight nu-electrons (called octets)

in their outermost shells, are especially stable These elements show very little

chem-ical reactivity All other elements lack octets in their outermost electron shells Atoms

will tend to form molecules in such a way as to reach an octet in the outer electron shell and attain a noble-gas configuration In the next two sections, we describe two

extreme ways in which this goal may be accomplished: by the formation of pure ionic

or pure covalent bonds

In pure ionic bonds, electron octets are formed by transfer of electrons

Sodium (Na), a reactive metal, interacts with chlorine, a reactive gas, in a violentmanner to produce a stable substance: sodium chloride Similarly, sodium reacts withfluorine (F), bromine, or iodine to give the respective salts Other alkali metals, such

as lithium and potassium (K), undergo the same reactions These transformations

suc-ceed because both reaction partners attain noble-gas character by the transfer of

outer-shell electrons, called valence electrons, from the alkali metals on the left side of the

periodic table to the halogens on the right

Let us see how this works for the ionic bond in sodium chloride Why is the teraction energetically favorable? First, it takes energy to remove an electron from an

in-atom This energy is the ionization potential (IP) of the in-atom For sodium gas, the

ionization energy amounts to 119 kcal mol1.* Conversely, energy may be releasedwhen an electron attaches itself to an atom For chlorine, this energy, called its

Second Li2,1 Be2,2 B2,3 C2,4 N2,5 O2,6 F2,7 Ne2,8Third Na 2,8,1 Mg 2,8,2 Al 2,8,3 Si 2,8,4 P 2,8,5 S 2,8,6 Cl 2,8,7 Ar 2,8,8

Note: The superscripts indicate the number of electrons in each principal shell of the atom.

TABLE 1-1 Partial Periodic Table

EXERCISE 1-1

(a) Redraw Figure 1-1 for a weaker bond than the one depicted (b) Write Table 1-1 from

memory.

abbreviation for mole and a kilocalorie (kcal) is the energy required to raise the temperature of

and we will list these values in parentheses in key places.