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Code and Name of Course: CHEM 3267 (C30B) – BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: This paper has NINE (9) pages and SIX (6) questions.
1. (a) Study the reaction scheme below and provide a detailed mechanistic explanation
for the formation of nitrile (2).
NMe2 CN
NaCN
N N
H H
1 2
(10 marks)
(b) Propose a detailed mechanistic explanation for the synthesis of the fused indole (5)
from phenylhydrazine (3) and cyclohexanone (4) in acetic acid.
NHNH2 O
AcOH
+
3 4 H 5
(15 marks)
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EXAMINER is requested to sign the question paper and return it with comments, it any, (on a separate sheet), to the Assistant
Registrar (Examinations).
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2. Write mechanisms to account for the products formed in the following reactions.
(a)
S
O
N
N
Bu3SnH SiMe3
H3 C
AIBN
H3C
H3C
H3 C
SiMe3
(b)
CH3
H3C
CH3 CH3
HCl +
Cl
CH3 Cl
CH3
CH3 H3 C
O
(c) H
N3 N
heat
O
toluene
NH2 N
H
[Hint: The -NH2 group is involved in the latter part of the reaction.]
(3 x 8 + 1 marks)
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EXAMINER is requested to sign the question paper and return it with comments, it any, (on a separate sheet), to the Assistant
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3. (a) Consider the following scheme which shows the Strecker synthesis of the amino
acid leu:
KCN (aq)
Write mechanisms for each of the steps involved in the conversion of compound I
to compound IV.
(10 marks)
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Question 3 (continued)
(b) The Merrifield solid phase peptide synthesis is used commercially for the production
of peptides. Using the compounds shown below, outline with mechanisms and
explanations, the commercial production of the dipeptide, phe – ile.
(15 marks)
H H
H C CH3 CH2
CH2Cl
CH2CH3
solid support
ile
phe
N C N
O DCCD
C
O Cl
FMOC
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4. Write mechanisms to account for the products shown in the reactions below. Comment on the
stereochemical outcome in (b) and (c).
(a)
H3C CH3
O
H3C CH3
CHO
ButO-OBut +
100o
O H3C CH3
(10 marks)
(b)
H
Me
CuI
CO2Me
N2 CO2Me H
(7 marks)
(c)
H3C H3C
N N
CH3CH2OH
500
H H
Cl OCH2CH3
(8 marks)
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CHO
HO H
H OH
D - idose
HO H
H OH
CH2OH
(a) Generate, using suitable drawings, the Haworth projection formula of:
(i) α - D – idofuranose
(ii) β - D – idopyranose
(6 marks)
(b) Account mechanistically for the following reactions:
H OH H OH
HO H 1 mole C6H5NHNH2 HO H
H OH pH 4 - 5 H OH
H OH H OH
CH2OH CH2OH
(5 marks)
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(b)
(ii) CH2OH
O OH
OH
OH H
OH
CH3NH2 , CH3OH
reflux
CH2OH CH2OH
O O H
NHCH3
OH OH
OH H OH NHCH3
OH OH
(6 marks)
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Question 5 (continued)
(c) Using suitable mechanisms and explanations, account for the following
observations:
CH2OH CH2OH
O 18
O OCH2CH3 OH
+ 18
H / H2 O
OH OH
H OH H
OH
OH OH
CH3CH2OH
WHEREAS
CH2OH CH2OH
O OC(CH3)3 O OH
+
H / H218O
OH OH
OH H OH H
OH OH
(CH3)3C18OH
(8 marks)
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EXAMINER is requested to sign the question paper and return it with comments, it any, (on a separate sheet), to the Assistant
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6. (a) Provide a detailed explanation for the reaction of pyrrole (6) with acid that results in the
formation of a polymer.
N
H
6
(8 marks)
(b) For the reactions below, provide a detailed reaction mechanism that results in the formation
of the respective products.
1. POCl3
+ H NMe2 H
N 2. Na2CO3 N
H H
7 8 9 O
O
Me2NH
+ NMe2
N H H AcOH N
Me 11 Me
10 12
(17 marks)
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