prentice hall;copyright 20071 16.6 reduction of aldehydes and ketones the reduction of a carbonyl...
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16.6 Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones
• The reduction of a carbonyl group occurs with the addition of hydrogen across the double bond to produce an –OH group, a reaction that is the reverse of the oxidation of an alcohol.
• Aldehydes are reduced to primary alcohols, and ketones are reduced to secondary alcohols.
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16.7 Addition of Alcohols: Hemiacetals and Acetals
The initial product of addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones with alcohols are known as hemiacetals. Compounds with both an -OH group and an -OR group bonded to the same carbon atom.
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• Ethanol forms hemiacetals with acetaldehyde and acetone.
• Hemiacetals rapidly revert back to aldehydes or ketones by loss of alcohol and establish an equilibrium with the aldehyde or ketone.
• When equilibrium is reached, very little hemiacetal is present.
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• A major exception occurs when the C=O and -OH functional groups that react are part of the same molecule. The resulting cyclic hemiacetal is more stable than a noncyclic hemiacetal.
• Most simple sugars exist mainly in the cyclic hemiacetal form, as shown below for glucose, rather than in the open-chain form.
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• If a small amount of acid catalyst is added to the reaction of an alcohol with an aldehyde or ketone, the hemiacetal initially formed is converted into an acetal in a substitution reaction.
• An acetal is a compound that has two -OR groups bonded to what was once the carbonyl carbon atom.
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The aldehyde or ketone from which an acetal is formed can be regenerated by reversing the reaction. Reversal requires an acid catalyst and a large quantity of water. Hydrolysis: A reaction in which a bond or bonds are broken and the -H and -OH of water add to the atoms of the broken bond or bonds.
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Chapter Summary
• The carbonyl group is a C=O. The group is polar, with a partial (-) charge on O and a partial (+) charge on C. The O and the two substituents on the carbonyl-group C atom form a planar triangle.
• The simplest aldehydes and ketones are known by common names. Aldehydes are named systematically by replacing the final -e in an alkane name with -al.
• Ketones are named systematically by replacing the final -e in an alkane name with -one and numbering starting with 1 at the end nearer the group. The location of the carbonyl group is indicated by placing the number of its carbon before the name.
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Chapter Summary Cont.
• Aldehyde and ketone molecules are polar, do not hydrogen-bond with each other, but can hydrogen- bond with water. Small ones are water-soluble. Aldehydes and ketones are higher boiling than alkanes but lower boiling than alcohols.
• Aldehydes and ketones are present in many plants, where they contribute distinctive, pleasant odors. Such natural aldehydes and ketones are widely used in perfumes and flavorings.
• Formaldehyde (an irritating and toxic substance) is used in polymers, is present in smog-laden air, and is produced biochemically from ingested methanol.
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Chapter Summary Cont.
• Acetone is a widely used solvent and is a by-product of food breakdown during diabetes and starvation. Many sugars are aldehydes or ketones.
• Mild oxidizing agents (Tollens’ and Benedict’s reagents) convert aldehydes to carboxylic acids but have no effect on ketones.
• With reducing agents, hydride ion adds to the C of the group in an aldehyde or ketone and hydrogen ion adds to the O to produce primary or secondary alcohols, respectively.
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Chapter Summary Cont.
• Aldehydes and ketones establish equilibria with alcohols to form hemiacetals or acetals.
• Hemiacetals, which have an -OH and an -OR on what was the carbonyl carbon, result from addition of one alcohol molecule to the C=O bond.
• The more stable acetals, which have two -OR groups on what was the carbonyl carbon, form by addition of a second alcohol molecule to a hemiacetal.
• The aldehyde or ketone can be regenerated from an acetal by treatment with an acid catalyst and a large quantity of water, which is an example of a hydrolysis reaction.