Carboxylic Acids Nitriles Natural Products Nomenclature Acidity Preparation Reactions
Analgesics
Fats and Fatty Acids
Prostaglandins
Penicillins from mold
From Ergot Fungus
Common Nomenclature
I.U.P.A.C. Nomenclature
Dicarboxylic Acids
A Diacid
Unusually High Melting and Boiling Points
Boiling Points
Acidity is due to Delocalization of the Charge in the Conjugate Base
Alcohol vs. Acid
e - Withdrawing Groups Enhance Acidity
Benzoic acids
Deprotonation
Ester Formation
Carboxylic Acid Preparations Oxidation of 1 o alcohols and aldehydes with Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 /H 2 SO 4 KMnO 4 oxidation of alkylbenzenes Grignard reaction with CO 2 (Carboxylation) Hydrolysis of a carboxylic derivative: e.g. acid chloride, acid anhydride, ester, amide, nitrile
Grignard Reaction with CO 2
Mechanism
Hydrolysis of a Nitrile
Reduction of Carboxylic Acids
Naming Nitriles
Dehydration of an Amide use strong dehydrating agent
Reduction of Nitriles
Grignard Addition to a Nitrile
Partial Mechanism
The Rest of the Mechanism