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Ch. 22 - Condensations and Alpha Substitutions of Carbonyl Compounds
Wade - Organic Chemistry 9th Edition
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Capitolo 22, Problema 13

Predict the products of the following reactions.
(a) cyclopentyl methyl ketone + excess Cl2 + excess NaOH
(b) 1-cyclopentylethanol + excess I2 + excess NaOH
(c) propiophenone + excess Br2 + excess NaOH

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Step 1: Recognize the type of reaction. All three reactions involve halogenation in the presence of a strong base (NaOH). This is a classic example of the haloform reaction, which occurs with methyl ketones or alcohols that can be oxidized to methyl ketones.
Step 2: For reaction (a), cyclopentyl methyl ketone reacts with excess Cl2 and NaOH. The methyl group adjacent to the carbonyl group undergoes multiple halogenations, replacing all three hydrogens with chlorine atoms to form a trichloromethyl group. This group is then cleaved by the base to form chloroform (CHCl3) and a carboxylate ion derived from the remaining part of the molecule.
Step 3: For reaction (b), 1-cyclopentylethanol is a secondary alcohol. In the presence of excess I2 and NaOH, the alcohol is first oxidized to a ketone (cyclopentyl methyl ketone). The ketone then undergoes the haloform reaction as described in step 2, producing iodoform (CHI3) and a carboxylate ion.
Step 4: For reaction (c), propiophenone (C6H5-CH2-CO-CH3) contains a methyl ketone group. In the presence of excess Br2 and NaOH, the methyl group adjacent to the carbonyl undergoes halogenation to form a tribromomethyl group. This group is cleaved by the base to produce bromoform (CHBr3) and a carboxylate ion derived from the remaining part of the molecule.
Step 5: Summarize the products for each reaction: (a) chloroform (CHCl3) and the carboxylate ion of cyclopentane carboxylic acid, (b) iodoform (CHI3) and the carboxylate ion of cyclopentane carboxylic acid, (c) bromoform (CHBr3) and the carboxylate ion of benzoic acid.

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