Chapter 24 From Petroleum to
Pharmaceuticals
24.1 Petroleum Refining and the Hydrocarbons
24.2 Functional Groups and Organic Synthesis
24.3 Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals
IR Tutor and Infrared Spectroscopy
Hydrocarbons
Aliphatic
Aromatic
Hydrocarbons
Aliphatic
Alkanes
Aromatic
Alkenes
Alkynes
Hydrocarbons
Aliphatic
Alkanes
Alkanes are
hydrocarbons in which
all of the bonds are
single bonds.
H
H
H
C
C
H
H
H
Hydrocarbons
Aliphatic
Alkenes are hydrocarbons
that contain at least one
carbon-carbon double
bond.
H
H
Alkenes
C
H
C
H
Hydrocarbons
Aliphatic
Alkynes are
hydrocarbons that
contain a carboncarbon triple bond.
Alkynes
HC
CH
Hydrocarbons
The most common
aromatic hydrocarbons
are those that contain
a benzene ring.
Aromatic
H
H
H
H
H
H
Reactive Sites in Hydrocarbons
The Functional Group
Concept
Functional Group
a structural unit in a molecule responsible for its
characteristic chemical behavior and its
IR spectroscopic characteristics
Alkanes
R—H
R—X
functional group is a hydrogen atom
the reaction that takes place is
termed a substitution
one of the hydrogens is substituted
by some other atom or group, X
Alkanes
R—H
R—X
functional group is a hydrogen
the reaction that takes place is substitution
one of the hydrogens is substituted
by some other atom or group
H
H
H
C
C
H
H
H + Cl2
H
H
H
C
C
H
H
Cl + HCl
Functional Groups in Hydrocarbons
alkanes
RH
alkenes
RH, double bond
alkynes
RH, triple bond
aromatics
ArH, double bond
Some Key Functional Groups
Families of organic compounds and
their functional groups
Alcohols
ROH
Alkyl halides
RX (X = F, Cl, Br, I)
Amines
primary amine: RNH2
secondary amine: R2NH
tertiary amine: R3N
Ethers
ROR
Many classes of organic compounds
contain a carbonyl group
O
O
C
C
Carbonyl group
R
Acyl group
Many classes of organic compounds
contain a carbonyl group
O
O
C
C
Carbonyl group
R
H
Aldehyde
Many classes of organic compounds
contain a carbonyl group
O
O
C
C
Carbonyl group
R
Ketone
R'
Many classes of organic compounds
contain a carbonyl group
O
O
C
C
R
Carbonyl group
OH
Carboxylic acid
Not a ketone-alcohol!
Many classes of organic compounds
contain a carbonyl group
O
O
C
C
R
Carbonyl group
Not a ketone-ether!
Ester
OR'
Many classes of organic compounds
contain a carbonyl group
O
O
C
C
R
Carbonyl group
Amide
Note a ketone-amine!
NH2
Alkanes
General formula for an alkane
CnH2n+2
Introduction to Alkanes:
Methane, CH4
Ethane, C2H6
Propane, C3H8
The simplest alkanes
Methane (CH4)
CH4
Ethane (C2H6)
CH3CH3
Propane (C3H8)
CH3CH2CH3
bp -160°C
bp -89°C
bp -42°C
No isomers possible for C1, C2, C3 hydrocarbons
Isomeric Alkanes:
The Butanes
C4H10
General formula for any butane
Isomers: same composition, different structures
at the constitutional or stereochemical levels
n-Butane (bp -0.4°C)
CH3CH2CH2CH3
C4H10
Isobutane (bp -10.2°C)
(CH3)3CH
H
H
H
C
H
C
H
H
C
C
H H
H
H
H
H
H
H
C
C
C
H
H
H
C H
H
H
Higher n-Alkanes
Pentane (C5H12) and Beyond
CnH2n+2
n>4
CnH2n+2
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3
n>4
n-Pentane
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
n-Hexane
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
n-Heptane
The C5H12 Isomers
C5H12
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3
(CH3)2CHCH2CH3
n-Pentane
Isopentane
(CH3)4C
Neopentane
How many isomers?
The number of isomeric alkanes increases
as the number of carbons increase.
There is no simple way to predict how many
isomers there are for a particular molecular
formula.
Table 2.3
Number of Constitutionally Isomeric Alkanes
CH4
C2 H6
C3 H8
C4H10
C5H12
C6H14
C7H16
1
1
1
2
3
5
9
Table 2.3
Number of Constitutionally Isomeric Alkanes
CH4
C2 H6
C3 H8
C4H10
C5H12
C6H14
C7H16
1
1
1
2
3
5
9
C8H18
18
C9H20
35
C10H22
75
C15H32
4,347
C20H42
366,319
C40H82 62,491,178,805,831
(~6 x 1013 isomers!)
C6H6 Isomers
How many isomers with the
composition
C6H6 can you draw?
C6H6 Isomers: How many isomers with the
composition
C6H6 can you draw?
Structure and Bonding in
Alkenes
Structure of Ethylene
bond angles:
H-C-H = 117°
H-C-C = 121°
bond distances:
C—H = 110 pm
C=C = 134 pm
planar
Bonding in Ethylene
s
s
s
s
s
Framework of s bonds
Each carbon is sp2 hybridized
Bonding in Ethylene
Each carbon has a half-filled p
orbital
Bonding in Ethylene
Side-by-side overlap of half-filled p orbitals gives a p bond
which makes it very difficult to rotate about the C=C bond
Isomerism in Alkenes
Isomers
Isomers are different compounds that
have the same composition (numbers and kinds.
of atoms).
Since the compounds are different, they must
have different structures in the way the atoms
are connected or arranged in space
Isomers
Constitutional isomers
Stereoisomers
Isomers
Constitutional isomers
different connectivity
Stereoisomers
same connectivity;
different arrangement
of atoms in space
Isomers
Constitutional isomers
Stereoisomers
consider the isomeric alkenes of
molecular formula C4H8
H
CH2CH3
C
H
1-Butene
H3C
H
H
C
C
H
C
H3C
H
2-Methylpropene
CH3
C
H3C
H
H3C
C
C
H
cis-2-Butene
H
C
CH3
trans-2-Butene
H
CH2CH3
C
H
1-Butene
H3C
H
C
C
H
H3C
C
H
2-Methylpropene
CH3
C
H
H3C
C
Constitutional isomers
H
cis-2-Butene
Same connections, different atomic
positions in space
Stereoisomers
H3C
CH3
C
H
H
H3C
C
C
H
cis-2-Butene
H
C
CH3
trans-2-Butene
Molecular Chirality:
Enantiomers
Isomers
constitutional
isomers
stereoisomers
Isomers
constitutional
isomers
enantiomers
(optical)
Chiral structures
stereoisomers
geometric isomers
(cis/trans)
Chirality
A molecule is chiral if its two mirror image
forms are not superposable upon one another.
A molecule is achiral if its two mirror image
forms are superposable.
Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral
Cl
Br
H
F
It cannot be
superposed point
for point on its
mirror image.
Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral
Cl
Cl
Br
Br
H
F
H
F
To show nonsuperposability,
rotate this model 180°
around a vertical axis.
Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral
Cl
Br
Cl
Br
H
F
H
F
Another look
Enantiomers
nonsuperposable mirror images are
called enantiomers
and
are enantiomers with respect to each other
Chlorodifluoromethane
is achiral
Chlorodifluoromethane
is achiral
The two structures
are mirror images,
but are not
enantiomers,
because they can
be superposed on
each other.
Symmetry in Achiral
Structures
Symmetry tests for achiral structures
Any molecule with a plane of symmetry
must be achiral.
Plane of symmetry
A plane of symmetry bisects a molecule into two
mirror image halves. Chlorodifluoromethane
has a plane of symmetry.
Plane of symmetry
A plane of symmetry bisects a molecule into two
mirror image halves. Chlorodifluoromethane
has a plane of symmetry.
Plane of symmetry
A plane of symmetry bisects a molecule into two
mirror image halves.
1-Bromo-1-chloro-2-fluoroethene has a plane
of symmetry.
Plane of symmetry
A plane of symmetry bisects a molecule into two
mirror image halves.
1-Bromo-1-chloro-2-fluoroethene has a plane
of symmetry.