CHEM 343 Lecture Notes - Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution, Nucleophilic Substitution, Heteroatom

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10 Jun 2014
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Amines are compounds in which one or more of the hydrogens of ammonia (nh3) have been replaced by an alkyl group. Heterocyclic compounds (heterocycles) are cyclic compounds in which one or more of the atoms of the ring are hetero atoms. Heterocycles make up an exceedingly important class of compounds. Almost all the compounds we know as drugs, most vitamins, and many other natural products are heterocycles. Hetero atom is an atom other than carbon, such as n, o, s, se, p, si, b, and as. Common names for amines are obtained by citing the names of the alkyl substituents (alphabetically) that have replaced the hydrogens of nh3. A saturated heterocycle is easily named as a cycloalkane using a prefix to denote the hetero atom ( aza for n; oxa for o; thia for s). Amine can act both as base and nucleophile. Pyrrole is an extremely weak base because nitrogen"s nonbonding pair of electrons is needed for pyrrole"s aromaticity.

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