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Title: 14.11 Alkane Synthesis Using Organocopper Reagents


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14.11Alkane Synthesis Using Organocopper
Reagents
2
Lithium Dialkylcuprates
  • Lithium dialkylcuprates are useful synthetic
    reagents.
  • They are prepared from alkyllithiums and a
    copper(I) halide.

3
How?
  • the alkyllithium first reacts with the copper(I)
    halide

Li
I
4
Lithium diorganocuprates are used toform CC
bonds



R'X
Ar
R'
ArCu
LiX
Ar2CuLi
5
Example Lithium dimethylcuprate

(CH3)2CuLi
CH3(CH2)8CH2I
diethyl ether
CH3(CH2)8CH2CH3
(90)
  • primary alkyl halides work best (secondary and
    tertiary alkyl halides undergo elimination)

6
Example Lithium diphenylcuprate

(C6H5)2CuLi
CH3(CH2)6CH2I
diethyl ether
CH3(CH2)6CH2C6H5
(99)
7
Vinylic halides can be used

Br
(CH3CH2CH2CH2)2CuLi
diethyl ether
(80)
8
Aryl halides can be used

I
(CH3CH2CH2CH2)2CuLi
diethyl ether
CH2CH2CH2CH3
(75)
9
14.12An Organozinc Reagent forCyclopropane
Synthesis
10
Iodomethylzinc iodide
formed by reaction of diiodomethane withzinc
that has been coated with copper(called
zinc-copper couple)
Cu
CH2I2 Zn
ICH2ZnI
  • reacts with alkenes to form cyclopropanes
  • reaction with alkenes is called theSimmons-Smith
    reaction

11
Example
CH2CH3
CH2CH3
CH2I2, Zn/Cu
H2C
C
CH3
diethyl ether
CH3
(79)
12
Stereospecific syn-addition
CH2I2, Zn/Cu
diethyl ether
13
Stereospecific syn-addition
CH3CH2
H
H
CH2CH3
14
14.13Carbenes and Carbenoids
15
Carbene
name to give to species that contains adivalent
carbon (carbon with two bondsand six electrons)
  • Carbenes are very reactive normally cannot be
    isolated and stored.
  • Are intermediates in certain reactions.

16
Generation of Dibromocarbene
Br

Br
H
Br
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Generation of Dibromocarbene

C


Br
Br
Br
18
Carbenes react with alkenesto give cyclopropanes
Br
KOC(CH3)3
CHBr3
(CH3)3COH
Br
(75)
  • CBr2 is an intermediate
  • stereospecific syn addition

19
14.14Transition-Metal Organic Compounds
20
Introduction
  • Many organometallic compounds derivedfrom
    transition metals have useful properties.
  • Typical transition metals are iron,
    nickel,chromium, platinum, and rhodium.

21
18-Electron Rule
  • The number of ligands attached to a metalwill be
    such that the sum of the electronsbrought by the
    ligands plus the valenceelectrons of the metal
    equals 18.
  • When the electron-count is less than 18, metal
    is said to be coordinatively unsaturatedand can
    take on additional ligands.
  • 18-Electron rule is to transition metals asthe
    octet rule is to second-row elements.

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Example
  • Ni has the electron configuration Ar4s23d8
  • Ni has 10 valence electrons
  • Each CO uses 2 electrons to bond to Ni
  • 4 CO contribute 8 valence electrons
  • 10 8 18

CO
OC
CO
Ni
CO
Nickel carbonyl
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(Benzene)tricarbonylchromium
  • Cr has the electron configuration Ar4s23d4
  • Cr has 6 valence electrons
  • Each CO uses 2 electrons to bond to Cr
  • 3 CO contribute 6 valence electrons
  • benzene uses its 6 ? electrons to bind to Cr.

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Ferrocene
  • Fe2 has the electron configuration Ar3d6
  • Each cyclopentadienide anion contributes 6 ?
    electrons
  • Total 6 6 6 18
  • Organometallic compounds with cyclopentadienide
    ligands are called metallocenes.

25
14.15Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation
  • Wilkinsons Catalyst

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Wilkinsons Catalyst
Ni, Pt, Pd, and Rh can act as a heterogeneous
catalyst in the hydrogenation of
alkenes. However, tris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium
chloride was found to be soluble in organic
solvents. This catalyst was developed by Sir
Geoffrey Wilkinson, who received a Nobel Prize in
1973.
27
Mechanism of Homogeneous Hydrogenation
Steps 1 and 2 Catalyst is converted to the
active form.
This is the activeform of the catalyst.
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Mechanism of Homogeneous Hydrogenation
Step 3 Alkene bonds to rhodium through ?
electrons.
29
Mechanism of Homogeneous Hydrogenation
Step 4 Rhodium-alkene complex rearranges.
30
Mechanism of Homogeneous Hydrogenation
Step 5 Hydride migrates from Rh to carbon.
31
Mechanism of Homogeneous Hydrogenation
Step 6 Active form of the catalyst is
regenerated.
32
14.16Olefin Metathesis
33
Olefin Metathesis
  • In crossed-olefin metathesis, one alkene is
    converted to a mixture of two new alkenes.

The reaction is reversible, and regardless of
whether we start with propene or a 11 mixture of
ethylene and 2-butene, the same mixture is
obtained.
34
Olefin Metathesis
  • The reaction is generally catalyzed a transition
    metal complex. Typically Ru, W, or Mo are
    used.Shown below is Grubbs catalyst.

35
Ring-Opening Metathesis
  • Ring-opening metathesis is used as a method of
    polymerization.
  • Usually, it is applied most often when ring
    opening creates a relief of strain, as in some
    bicyclic alkenes.

36
14.17Ziegler-Natta Catalysis of Alkene
Polymerization
  • The catalysts used in coordination
    polymerization are transition-metal organic
    compounds.

37
Ethylene oligomerization
Al(CH2CH3)3
  • Triethylaluminum catalyzes the formation of
    alkenes from ethylene.
  • These compounds are called ethylene oligomers
    and the process is called oligomerization.

38
Karl Ziegler (1950)
Al(CH2CH3)3
  • Ziegler found that oligomerization was affected
    differently by different transition metals. Some
    gave oligomers with 6-18 carbons, others gave
    polyethylene.

39
Giulio Natta
Al(CH2CH3)3
polypropylene
  • Natta found that polymerization of propene under
    Ziegler's conditions gave mainly isotactic
    polypropylene. This discovery made it possible
    to produce polypropylene having useful properties.

40
Karl Ziegler (1950)
Al(CH2CH3)3
  • The ethylene oligomers formed under Ziegler's
    conditions are called linear ?-olefins and have
    become important industrial chemicals.

41
Karl Ziegler (1950)
Al(CH2CH3)3
  • The polyethylene formed under Ziegler's
    conditions is called high-density polyethylene
    and has, in many ways, more desirable properties
    than the polyethylene formed by free-radical
    polymerization.

42
Ziegler-Natta Catalysts
  • Early Ziegler-Natta catalyst were a combination
    of TiCl4 and (CH3CH2)2AlCl, or TiCl3 and
    (CH3CH2)3Al.
  • Currently used Ziegler-Natta catalyst
    combinations include a metallocene such as
    bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride.

43
Ziegler-Natta Catalysts
  • Early Ziegler-Natta catalyst were a combination
    of TiCl4 and (CH3CH2)2AlCl, or TiCl3 and
    (CH3CH2)3Al.
  • Currently used Ziegler-Natta catalyst
    combinations include a metallocene such as
    bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride.

44
Ziegler-Natta Catalysts
The metallocene is used in combination with a
promoter such as methyl alumoxane (MAO)
45
Mechanism of Coordination Polymerization
MAO
This is the activeform of the catalyst.
46
Mechanism of Coordination Polymerization
47
Mechanism of Coordination Polymerization
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Mechanism of Coordination Polymerization
etc.
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