Section 9: Amines – Chapter 20 Practice Problems: None! (yay!)
Amines: Nomenclature
Amines: Heterocyclic Amines
Amines: Structure note: if R, R’, R’’ are different, the amine is technically chiral, but…
Amines: Smell
Amines: Basicity Basicity is often reported as the pKa of the conjugate acid:
Some representative pKa values: Amines: Basicity Some representative pKa values:
Amines: in Biology
Amines: in Biology
Amines: Preparation A. Reduction of nitriles / amides / nitro compounds
Amines: Preparation B. SN2 reactions If you want to go from a 2o amine to a 3o amine, rxn with R-X is usually OK. Otherwise, consider an alternative approach.
Amines: Preparation C. Attack with NaN3 D. Gabriel Synthesis
Amines: Preparation E. Reductive amination Great reaction!!
4D. Preparation of Primary Amines through the Hofmann and Curtius Rearrangements Hofmann rearrangement
Examples
Mechanism
Curtius rearrangement