12.7: Alcohols, Aldehydes, Carboxylic Acids, and Ketones
Figure 12.7.1 12.7. 1 shows how ethanol, a primary alcohol that has two carbon atoms, is eventually oxidized to ethanoic acid, a two-carbon carboxylic acid. Ethanol is the alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and is produced through the fermentation of sugars and starches in fruits and grains. Ethanoic acid is also called acetic acid, the acid
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Aldehydes produce 1-alcohols and ketones produce 2-alcohols. In metal hydrides reductions the resulting alkoxide salts are insoluble and need to be hydrolyzed (with care) before the alcohol product can be isolated. In the sodium borohydride reduction the methanol solvent system achieves this hydrolysis automatically.
Alcohols and Aldehydes
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Combined with other functional groups, ketone and aldehydes are widespread in nature. They are also known as methanoyl or formyl group, and are very common and essential in biology and industry. The simplest ketone is acetone, with the formula CHCCH, which is an excellent solvent for plastics and synthetic fibers.
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Large quantities of ethanol are synthesized from the addition reaction of water with ethylene using an acid as a catalyst: Alcohols containing two or more hydroxyl groups can be made. Examples include 1,2-ethanediol (ethylene glycol, used in antifreeze) and 1,2,3-propanetriol (glycerine, used as a solvent for cosmetics and medicines): Naming
- Which reducing agent reduces aldehydes?
- Alane is another powerful reducing agent that reduces carboxylic acids, esters, lactones, amides and nitriles to the corresponding alcohols or amines. In addition, aldehydes, ketones, acid chlorides, quinones and many other functional groups are reduced by AlH3. Barbe, G.; Charette, A. B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 18–19.
- Which reagent is used to reduce carboxylic acids?
- 8. LAH is a powerful and rather nonselective hydride-transfer reagent that readily reduces carboxylic acids, esters, lactones, anhydrides, amides and nitriles to the corresponding alcohols or amines. In addition, aldehydes, ketones, epoxides, alkyl halides, and many other functional groups are reduced readily by LAH.
- What are the solubility parameters for solvents and plasticizers?
- Solubility parameters for solvents and plasticizers are provided in Table II and Table III in alpha-betical order and in order of increasing δ value, respectively. The same is provided for homopolymers in Table IV. As a guide, the solubility parameter difference, (δpolymer - δsolvent), must be small for good miscibility.
- What reagent is used to make alkoxide salts?
- They are prepared from alkyl and aryl halides, as discussed earlier. These reagents are powerful nucleophiles and very strong bases (pK a 's of saturated hydrocarbons range from 42 to 50), so they bond readily to carbonyl carbon atoms, giving alkoxide salts of lithium or magnesium.
- Which reagent converts aldehydes to carboxylic acids?
- RCH=O + [O] RC (OH)=O In discussing the oxidations of 1º and 2º-alcohols, we noted that Jones' reagent (aqueous chromic acid) converts aldehydes to carboxylic acids, presumably via the hydrate. Other reagents, among them aqueous potassium permanganate and dilute bromine, effect the same transformation.
- How do alkyl substituents affect carbocations?
- The resonance structures on the right illustrate this polarity, and the relative dipole moments of formaldehyde, other aldehydes and ketones confirm the stabilizing influence that alkyl substituents have on carbocations (the larger the dipole moment the greater the polar character of the carbonyl group).
