
2,3-Dimethyl-2-butene
catalyzed hydration of, 139–40, 381
hydroboration, 397
hydrogen chloride addition, 131–32, 133–36,
365–67, 374
N,N-Dimethyl acetamide, 889
Dimethylamine, 241
3,3-Dimethylbicyclo[3.2.1]octane, 215
2,3-Dimethyl-2-butene, 116, 117, 139–40, 381,
397
3,3-Dimethyl-1-butyne, 127
cis-5,6-dimethylcyclohexa-1,3-diene, 1041
1,1-Dimethylcyclohexane, 205
1,2-Dimethylcyclohexane, 205–8
1,2-Dimethylcyclopropane, 84–85, 148, 205–7,
208
4,4-Dimethyldiazocyclohexa-2,5-diene, 431
1,2-Dimethylenecyclohexane, 546
Dimethyl ether (methoxymethane), 250, 314
N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF), 873, 882, 889,
928
6,6-Dimethylfulvene, 975
3,4-Dimethyl-1,5-hexadiene, 1062–63
Dimethylketene (2-methyl-1-propen-1-one), 883
1,5-Dimethylnaphthalene, 530
Dimethylpentane, structures, 82
4,4-Dimethyl-2-pentanone, 718
2,2-dimethylpropane (neopentane), 705
2,2-Dimethylpropanol, 719
Dimethyl sulfate, 285
Dimethyl sulfide, 253, 314, 440
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 806
Dinitrobenzene, 663, 668
2,4-Dinitrofluorobenzene, 1196, 1197
Dinitrogen trioxide, 647
2,4-Dinitrophenol, 674
2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazone, 793
Dinitrotoluene, 669
Dioclea megacarpa, 1177
Diols (glycols)
gem-diols, 776, 781, 783, 790
overview, 240
vicinal diols, oxidative cleavage, 807, 817, 818,
845
vicinal diols from alkene oxidation, 443, 459,
840
Diones, 768
1,4-Dioxane (1,4-dioxacyclohexane, 1,2-dioxan),
254, 329
1,3-Dioxolane (1,3-dioxacyclopentane), 254
Diphenyl ketone (benzophenone), 769
1,3-Dipolar reagents, 436–37, 459
See also Carbenes; Diazo compounds; Ozone;
Ozonolysis
Dipole moment, definition, 14–16
Diradicals
calicheamicin antitumor action, 980
carbenes, 434, 435
cyclobutadiene, 585, 586
cycloheptatrienyl anion, 591
cyclooctatetraene, 586
from cyclopropane, 474
oxygen (O
2
), 484
Disaccharides, 1161–68
Disproportionation reaction,471–72, 473–74, 506
Disrotation, 1037, 1039–40, 1041, 1042
Distillation, 695
Disulfide bridges, 1190, 1193, 1194–95, 1216
Disulfides from thiol oxidation, 809, 818
Dithianes (thioacetals), alkylation, 1001–2
Dithiolate ions, 324
Ditropyl ether, 620
1,2-Divinylcyclopropane, 1064–65, 1067
DNA. See Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), 865
Dodecahedrane, 186, 216, 216
Doering, William, 274, 1056n3, 1062–63, 1069n7,
1071
Double bonds, overview
in alkenes, overview, 18, 98
Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority system, 153–54
carbon–carbon double bonds as intramolecular
nucleophiles, 1099–1108
carbon dioxide, 15–16
conjugated double bonds, definition, 512
Lewis structures, 18–19
See also Alkenes; Dienes
Dynamic NMR, 746–49
See also Nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy (NMR)
E1cB reactions, 309–10, 968–69
E1 reactions
comparison to E1cB reactions, 309
competition between S
N
1 and E1 reactions,
298–99
overview, 321, 322
rate law, 298–99
Saytzeff elimination, 300, 311, 322
selectivity for more substituted product,
299–300
E2 reactions
anti elimination, 305–6, 311, 322
tert-butyl bromide E2 reactions, 301–2
competition between S
N
2 and E2 reactions,
301, 321
effect of substrate branching on E2–S
N
2 mix,
301–2
Hofmann elimination, 308–9, 310–11
overview, 321, 322
rate law, 301
reaction mechanisms, 301
Saytzeff elimination, 306, 308, 310, 311
selectivity in E2 reactions, 306–11
stereochemistry, 302–6
syn elimination, 305–6
Eclipsed conformation, 65–67
Eclipsing strain. See Torsional strain
Edman degradation, 1198–1200, 1202, 1218
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), 865
Electrocyclic reactions
conrotation, 1037–39, 1041, 1042
cyclobutene, opening to a 1,3-butadiene,
1034–40, 1042, 1047
definition, 1032
disrotation, 1037, 1039–40, 1041, 1042
cis-1,3,5-hexatriene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene
interconversion, 1040–41, 1064
HOMO control of reactions, 1036–41
photochemical HOMO, 1039–41, 1044, 1046,
1048, 1058
photochemical reactions, 1035, 1038–40
problem solving techniques, 1071–72
rules for rotary motions,1042
thermal reactions, 1034–38
See also Pericyclic reactions
Electromagnetic spectrum, 707
Electron affinity, 4–5, 15
Electron configurations, overview, 3–6, 8, 10,46
See also Atomic orbitals; Quantum numbers
Electronegativity
common elements, 15
definition, 15, 132
NRM chemical shift of electronegative groups,
723, 725
and polar covalent bonds, 15–16, 132
and resonance forms, 27–28, 373
Electronic spectroscopy, 526
See also Ultraviolet/visible (UV/vis)
spectroscopy
Electron pushing, 23, 24, 25
Electrons, overview, 1,2,44
Electron shells, 4
Electron spin, 7–8, 10
Electron volt (eV), 4n5
Electrophiles, definition, 42, 390, 625
Electrophilic aromatic substitution, 635, 685
See also Substitution reactions of aromatic
compounds
Electrophoresis, 1180–81, 1195
Elimination, unimolecular, conjugate base (E1cB)
reactions, 309–10
Elimination reactions
anti elimination, 305–6, 311, 322
E1cB reactions, 309–10
Hofmann elimination, 308–9, 310–11
overview, 298, 311
Saytzeff elimination, 300, 306, 308, 310, 322
syn elimination, 305–6
See also E1 reactions; E2 reactions
Enamines, 795–96, 818, 821, 963–64, 1146
Enantiomers
absolute configuration, 172–73
chemical differences, 159–63
definition, 151
interconversion of conformational enantiomers,
163–64
optical activity, 152–55, 1128
racemic mixture (racemate), 156–57
reactions with racemic mixtures, 164–69
resolution, 169–72, 1184–85
(R/S) convention, 152–55, 181
separation as diastereomeric salts, 170–72
separation by chromatography, 172, 695–96
visual resolution, 169
Enantiotopic hydrogens, 721, 747–48
Endergonic reactions,335
Endo isomers, definition, 551
Endothermic reactions, 3, 36, 115, 193, 335
Energy barriers. See Activation energy ( G°);
Rotational energy barriers;Transition
states
Enolates
acyl compounds, 942–44
alkylation in the position, 954–64
base-catalyzed hydrogen exchange reaction,
936–38, 944
boron enolates, 1008
comparison of enolate and allyl anions, 934
definition, 934
ester enolate reactions with aldehydes and
ketones (Knoevenagel condensation),
974–76, 1014
ester enolate reaction with esters (Claisen
condensation), 987–92
ketone enolate reaction with esters, 985–87
kinetic enolates, 984
, 985, 986, 1008
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INDEX I-11