8. Naming Alcohol
•Take off “–e” ending an replace it with “–ol”
•Prior to suffix –ol include the position of the hydroxy
•Just like in life, alcohol takes top priority, for now
•If on a ring, DO NOT NUMBER THE ALCOHOL
•2 alcohols? Use suffix -diol
10. Physical properties
•For solubility questions, use 5 carbon rule
•As R groups increase, ability to H bond decreases
•Alcohols have really strong hydrogen bonds
•Ethers and epoxides have dipole-dipole interaction
12. Chapter 9 In A Nutshell
•The first step is to make OH a good leaving group
•The next step is generally going to be Sn1, Sn2, E1, E2
•The key to this chapter is going to be figuring out what
the second step is
•If you don’t know, use rules from Chapters 7
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16. Reduction of aldehydes/ketones
•This is similar to the last mech but shorter
•Forms enantiomers
•Can be done NaBH4 as well
•Grigrnard + ketone tertiary alcohol
•Grignard + aldehyde secondary alcohol
21. Dehydration with Phosphoryl Chloride
•POCl3 in pyridine
•POCl3 makes OH a good leaving group
•Pyridine acts as a base so we can eliminate
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23. Conversion of Alcohol To Alkyl Halide
•HX where X=Br
•HCl with ZnCl2
•Cl needs the Lewis acid, ZnCl2, because it is a weaker Nu:
•SOCl2 (Sulfur is in same family as oxygen)
• Mechanism
•PBr3 (phosphorus is in same family as Nitrogen)
• Mechanism
26. Mechanism (HX)
•The first step is protonation of OH to form water
•Second step is Sn1 or Sn2
•For HCl, there is a intermediate involving ZnCl2, but don’t worry about it.
31. Oxidation of alcohols
•Primary alcohol aldehyde via PCC
•Primary alcohol carboxylic acid via Na2Cr2O7
•Secondary alcohol ketone vai PCC or Na2Cr2O7
•DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE MECHANISM