Carbonyl group resonance effect

Carboxylic acids are weak acids and m the absence of electron attracting substituents have s of approximately 5 Carboxylic acids are much stronger acids than alcohols because of the electron withdrawing power of the carbonyl group (inductive effect) and its ability to delocalize negative charge m the carboxylate anion (resonance effect)... 

The negatively charged oxygen substituent is a powerful electron donor to the carbonyl group Resonance m carboxylate anions is more effective than resonance m carboxylic acids acyl chlorides anhydrides thioesters esters and amides... 

Since the NO2 group is bonded to a benzene ring that is bonded directly to the carbonyl group, inductive effects and resonance effects stabilize the conjugate base. For example, a resonance structure can be drawn that places a (+) charge close to the 000 group. 

The resonance effect of the carbonyl group Electron delocalization expressed by resonance between the following Lewis structures causes the negative charge in acetate to be shared equally by both oxygens Electron delocalization of this type IS not available to ethoxide ion... 

For many years resonance m carboxylate 10ns was emphasized when explaining the acidity of carboxylic acids Recently however it has been suggested that the indue tive effect of the carbonyl group may be more important It seems clear that even though their relative contributions may be a matter of debate both play major roles... 

Utilization of resonance effects can facilitate unenhanced Raman measurement of surfaces and make the technique more versatile. For instance, a fluorescein derivative and another dye were used as resonantly Raman scattering labels for hydroxyl and carbonyl groups on glassy carbon surfaces. The labels were covalently bonded to the surface, their fluorescence was quenched by the carbon surface, and their resonance Raman spectra could be observed at surface coverages of approximately 1%. These labels enabled assess to changes in surface coverage by C-OH and C=0 with acidic or alkaline pretreatment [4.293]. 

Substitution reactions by the ionization mechanism proceed very slowly on a-halo derivatives of ketones, aldehydes, acids, esters, nitriles, and related compounds. As discussed on p. 284, such substituents destabilize a carbocation intermediate. Substitution by the direct displacement mechanism, however, proceed especially readily in these systems. Table S.IS indicates some representative relative rate accelerations. Steric effects be responsible for part of the observed acceleration, since an sfp- caibon, such as in a carbonyl group, will provide less steric resistance to tiie incoming nucleophile than an alkyl group. The major effect is believed to be electronic. The adjacent n-LUMO of the carbonyl group can interact with the electnai density that is built up at the pentacoordinate carbon. This can be described in resonance terminology as a contribution flom an enolate-like stmeture to tiie transition state. In MO terminology,.the low-lying LUMO has a... 

Enolate ion formation (Section 18.6) An a hydrogen of an aldehyde or a ketone is more acidic than most other protons bound to carbon. Aldehydes and ketones are weak acids, with pK s in the 16 to 20 range. Their enhanced acidity is due to the electron-withdrawing effect of the carbonyl group and the resonance stabilization of the enolate anion. 

One further comparison aromatic aldehydes, such as benzaldehyde, are less reactive in nucleophilic addition reactions than aliphatic aldehydes because the electron-donating resonance effect of the aromatic ring makes the carbonyl group less electrophilic. Comparing electrostatic potential maps of formaldehyde and benzaldehyde, for example, shows that the carbonyl carbon atom is less positive (less blue) in the aromatic aldehyde. 

In a, 3-unsaturated ketones, nitriles, and esters (e.g., 125), the y hydrogen assumes the acidity normally held by the position a to the carbonyl group, especially when R is not hydrogen and so cannot compete. This principle, called vinylology, operates because the resonance effect is transmitted through the double bond. However, because of the resonance, alkylation at the a position (with allylic rearrangement) competes with alkylation at the y position and usually predominates. 

The fluorosulfate (C0)Au0S02F has been prepared by thermolysis of [Au(C0)2]+0S02F-,295,296 and isolated as a colorless solid. The carbonyl group shows an unusually high //(CO) stretching frequency at 2,198 cm-1, and the 13C NMR spectrum has a resonance at 174 ppm.297 In HS03F solution, both parameters show solvation effects, suggesting dissociation into solvated [Au(CO)]+ cations (Scheme 73). 

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