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20.12 Reaction of Organometallic Reagents with Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

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    Addition of Grignard reagents -- convert esters to 3o alcohols.

    When reacting with esters, the Grignard reagent adds twice. The first addition forms a ketone, but Grignard reagents are strong enough nucleophiles to add to ketones as well. Therefore, the reaction continues to the tertiary alcohol.

    General Reaction

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    Example 1:
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    Mechanism

    1) Nucleophilic attack

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    2) Leaving group removal

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    3) Nucleophilic attack

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    4) Protonation

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    Organocuprate reagents convert acid chlorides to ketones

    General Reaction

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    Example 1:
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    Contributors

    Prof. Steven Farmer (Sonoma State University)

    • Layne A. Morsch - University of Illinois Springfield

    This page titled 20.12 Reaction of Organometallic Reagents with Carboxylic Acid Derivatives is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Layne Morsch.

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