Functional Groups
What is an alkene?
A hydrocarbon with a C=C double bond
A one-step substitution where the nucleophile attacks and the leaving group leaves simultaneously.
Sn2 Reaction
Measures the acidity of a compound;
Pka
A carbon bonded to four different groups
A chiral Center
What functional group makes an alcohol?
-OH (Hydroxyl)
Electron-deficient, accepts electrons.
Electrophile
Compound is 4.2 on the PkA table
Carboxylic Acid
non-superimposable mirror images;
Enantiomers
Forms via a planar carbocation, allowing attack from either side
Sn1
sp2
are non-mirror-image stereoisomers
Diasteriomers
What functional groups are typically good bases even when uncharged?
Amine groups
Occurs fastest in the Anti conformation
E2
Catalyst to add water to an alkene
Sulfuric Acid
Has chiral centers but is achiral due to an internal plane of symmetry
Meso Compound
Which Functional Group Forms a 3-membered Ring?
Epoxide
Forms the more substituted Alkene
E1
Prefers E2 over Sn2
Strong/bulky base
Assign R/S to Drawing on the whiteboard
Depends.