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Organic Chemistry I - Radical Reactions

LET'SGET STARTED Chapter 10: Radical Reactions What's Covered? Heterolytic vs homolytic bond breaking/forming Radical stability Halogenation of alkanes mechanism with Brz or CI2 Regioselectivity and Stereochemistry WATCHTHE VIDEO TAKENOTES DOPRACTICE PROBLEMS .BEANACTIVE LEARNER Vidlo lectune Notes. VS. Stability of Radicals Stability: ARI0 Inductive: Resonance: Increasing stability R ote Tertiary Methy Primary UMstuble Arrow Types: Double-barbed arrow Single-barbed arrow shows the motion of two electrons shows the molion of one electron Resonance Example: y L Patterns in Radical Mechanisms fM 1.Initiation:Homolytic Cleavage: initiated by light or heat Away W/i'euch othex elr orhv 2. Propagation 1302 Hydrogen abstraction: not the same as proton transfer [R) Nec RadiCaJ X-FH Halogen abstraction R R- 3. Pordhet >X-X Termination Chlorination of Methane Cl2 CH4 CHgCI hv Methane Methyl chloride HCI Step1:Initiation:homolytic cleavage :!?0 oD: G i3JID Step2Propagation a) Hydrogen Abstraction: H3CH Ci: : -)HcH-Ci b)Halogen Abstraction 113-:5-0F:1H Step3:Termination Poodhct : ) :ci-ci: a RADICAL MECHANISMS! Other Coupling Possibilities: Rate AC-CH3 HC=C1 Polychlorination: CI CI H H-C- CIz H-C-CI hv H Cl2 CI, H- CI CI- CI CI Methylene Chloroform Carbon chloride tetrachloride C1 -c-cs HC-CI C1 el H H Methyl chloride HaC Radical Thermodynamics and Regioselectivity sfas 8 CI2 ~100% -0% Mind8 701.mG Majox A more Stabie