Alkanes alkyl groups

Alkyl group (Section 4.4A) A group formed by removing one hydrogen from an alkane. Alkyl groups are named by replacing the suffix -one of the parent alkane with -yl. 

The general reaction path operative in metal ion (complex) catalyzed alkane (alkyl group) oxidation consists in the generation of free radicals, which subsequently react with dioxygen to produce hydroperoxy radicals and, via H-atom abstraction, hydroperoxides. The latter are often stable products but also important intermediates in further oxidation. Hydroperoxides can decompose thermally to an alcohol and 0 ... 

Alkane Alkyl Group Abbreviation Bond-line Model... 

ALKANE ALKYL GROUP ABBREVIATION BOND-LINE model... 

Model 2 Naming Branched Alkanes (Alkyl Groups)... 

An alkyl group lacks one of the hydrogens of an alkane A methyl group (CH3 —) is an alkyl group derived from methane (CH4) Unbranched alkyl groups m which the point of attachment is at the end of the chain are named m lUPAC nomenclature by replac mg the ane endings of Table 2 2 by yl... 

By combining the basic principles of lUPAC notation with the names of the various alkyl groups we can develop systematic names for highly branched alkanes We 11 start with the following alkane name it then increase its complexity by successively adding methyl groups at various positions... 

Tabular summaries of the lUPAC rules for alkane and alkyl group nomenclature appear on pages 96-98... 

When fhe ring confams fewer carbon afoms fhan an alkyl group affached to if fhe com pound IS named as an alkane and fhe ring is freafed as a cycloalkyl subsfiluenf... 

A single alkane may have several different names a name may be a common name or it may be a systematic name developed by a well defined set of rules The most widely used system is lUPAC nomencla ture Table 2 6 summarizes the rules for alkanes and cycloalkanes Table 2 7 gives the rules for naming alkyl groups... 

Table 4 2 lists the boiling points of some representative alkyl halides and alcohols When comparing the boiling points of related compounds as a function of the alkyl group we find that the boiling point increases with the number of carbon atoms as it does with alkanes... 

The substitutive names of alcohols are derived by replacing the e end mg of an alkane with ol The longest chain containing the OH group becomes the basis for the name Functional class names of alcohols begin with the name of the alkyl group and end m the word alcohol... 

Lithium dialkylcuprates react with alkyl halides to produce alkanes by carbon-carbon bond formation between the alkyl group of the alkyl halide and the alkyl group of the dialkylcuprate... 

The most frequently used organocuprates are those m which the alkyl group is pri mary Steric hindrance makes secondary and tertiary dialkylcuprates less reactive and they tend to decompose before they react with the alkyl halide The reaction of cuprate reagents with alkyl halides follows the usual 8 2 order CH3 > primary > secondary > tertiary and I > Br > Cl > F p Toluenesulfonates are somewhat more reactive than halides Because the alkyl halide and dialkylcuprate reagent should both be primary m order to produce satisfactory yields of coupled products the reaction is limited to the formation of RCH2—CH2R and RCH2—CH3 bonds m alkanes... 

Preparation of alkanes using lithium di alkylcuprates (Section 14 11) Two alkyl groups may be coupled together to form an alkane by the reaction of an alkyl hal ide with a lithium dialkylcuprate Both alkyl groups must be primary (or meth yl) Aryl and vinyl halides may be used in place of alkyl halides... 

Ethers are named m substitutive lUPAC nomenclature as alkoxy derivatives of alkanes Functional class lUPAC names of ethers are derived by listing the two alkyl groups m the general structure ROR m alphabetical order as separate words and then adding the word ether at the end When both alkyl groups are the same the prefix di precedes the name of the alkyl group... 

Section 16 1 Ethers are compounds that contain a C—O—C linkage In substitutive lUPAC nomenclature they are named as al/coxy derivatives of alkanes In functional class lUPAC nomenclature we name each alkyl group as a separate word (m alphabetical order) followed by the word ether... 

Amines are named m two mam ways m the lUPAC system either as alkylamines or as alkanamines When primary amines are named as alkylamines the ending amine IS added to the name of the alkyl group that bears the nitrogen When named as alkan amines the alkyl group is named as an alkane and the e ending replaced by amine... 

Alkylamines are named m two ways One method adds the ending amine to the name of the alkyl group The other applies the principles of sub stitutive nomenclature by replacing the e ending of an alkane name by amine and uses appropriate locants to identify the position of the ammo group Arylammes are named as derivatives of aniline... 

An additional curious feature of alkylaromatic oxidation is that, under conditions where the initial attack involves electron transfer, the relative rate of attack on different alkyl groups attached to the same aromatic ring is quite different from that observed in alkane oxidation. For example, the oxidation of -cymene can lead to high yields of -isopropylbenzoic acid (2,205,297,298). 

Usually prepared and handled in organic solvent For alkyl groups of <4 carbon atoms, the compounds react vigorously with water and the resulting alkane ignites... 

When the ring contains fewer carbon atoms than an alkyl group attached to it, the compound is nfflned as an alkane, and the ring is treated as a cycloalkyl substituent ... 

Assign a basis name according to the number of carbons in the corresponding unbranched alkane. Drop the ending -ane and replace it by -y/. The alkyl group shown in step 1 is named as a substituted hexyl group. 

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