
D-Ribose
chain lengthening, 1138–39, 1160
D-ribofuranose, 1136
in NAD
, 814
in nucleic acids, 1211, 1214
structure, 1129, 1158, 1170, 1211
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 932, 932n1
Ring compounds
bicyclic compounds, from Diels–Alder
reaction, 551–54
bicyclic compounds, nomenclature, 214–15,
551–52
bicyclic compounds, structure, 211–17
bridged substitution, 121, 211
bridgehead position, 121–22, 212, 213–16
chlorocyclopropane, stereochemistry, 173–74
cyclic polyenes, 110, 118
dichlorocyclopropane, stereochemistry, 174–76,
204
disubstituted ring compounds, structure,
204–10
endo and exo isomers, 551–52
fused benzenes, stereochemistry, 179–80
fused bicyclic molecules, definition, 121, 211
fused bicyclic molecules, structure, 212–13
fused substitution, 211
heterocyclic five-membered rings, 436, 459
heterocyclic five-membered rings from 1,3
dipolar reagents, 436
monosubstituted cyclohexanes, structure,
194–204
polycyclic compounds, structure, 186, 216–17
polycyclic cycloalkanes, 85–86
polycyclic cycloalkenes, 121
ring formation through additions to alkenes,
457
S
N
2 reactions, 276
spiro substitution, 211
stereochemical analysis, 173–76
stereochemistry of ring compounds, 214–16
strain, 187–93
structural properties, overview, 186, 219–20
three-membered rings in biochemistry, 455–56
triple bonds in rings, 128
See also specific types
RNA. See Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Robbins,Thomas Eugene, 98, 98n1
Robinson, Robert, 172, 998
Robinson annulation, 998–99
Rosenmund reduction, 892, 923
Rotational energy barriers
alkenes, 105–6, 107, 144, 522
1,3-butadiene s-trans and s-cis conformations,
523–24
cyclobutane, 189
cyclohexane, 198–99
ethane, 67, 70, 74–75, 93, 105–6, 188, 273
ethylene, 105–6, 107, 144
propane, 72, 78
Roth, W. R, 1056, 1057, 1063, 1066
(R/S) convention, 152–55, 181, 1178
Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate
carboxylase/oxygenase), 1138
Ruff degradation, 1139–40
Rutherford, Ernest, 2, 43
Saccharide. See Carbohydrates
Saccharin, 1164
Sandmeyer reaction, 649–51, 686, 687
Sanger degradation, 1196–97, 1202
Saponification, 862, 869, 895
Saturated hydrocarbons. See Alkanes
Saunders, Martin, 696n2
Saytzeff elimination, 300, 306, 308, 310, 322
Schiemann reaction, 649, 687
Schiff base. See Imines
Schröder, Gerhard, 1070–71
Schrödinger, Erwin, 6
s-cis conformation, 523–24, 545–46, 550
Secondary amines, 240, 241
Secondary carbon, 76
Secondary structure, 1191–92, 1193
Second-order reactions, 268, 273, 340, 341
Semibullvalene, 1068
Semicarbazones, 793
Serine, 1176, 1189
Seth, Vikram, 572, 572n1
Sharpless, Barry, 426
Shikimate-3P, 683
Side chains of amino acids, 1175, 1176–77
Sigma bonds definition, 54
Sigmatropic shift reactions
antarafacial motion, 1055–58
and bond dissociation energy, 1049–50
definition, 1032, 1050
degenerate reactions,1050–51
formal description and nomenclature, 1050
homolytic bond breaking, 1053
1,3-pentadiene, 1048–52
photochemical reactions, 1048, 1051–52, 1053,
1054, 1057–58
problem solving techniques, 1072–73
rules for reactions, 1058
suprafacial motion, 1055–59
symmetry effects, 1055
transition state model, 1053–55
See also Cope rearrangement; Pericyclic
reactions
Silyl ethers, 789–90
Singlet carbenes,433–34, 436, 458
Smalley, R. E., 603–4
S
N
1 reactions
activation energy ( G°), 342–43
benzylic compounds, 610–11, 618
tert-butyl bromide S
N
1 reactions, 289, 294–95
competition between S
N
1 and E1 reactions,
298–99
effect of leaving group, 281, 295, 343, 347
effect of nucleophile on structure of product,
290, 294–95
effect of solvent polarity, 295
effect of substrate structure, 292–94, 296–97
equilibrium, 333, 337, 350
as first-order reactions, 268, 289, 294, 340, 341
incomplete racemization, 291–92
inversion of configuration, 291–92, 297
mechanism, 289–91, 350–51
problem solving techniques, 293
product-determining step, 290, 294–95
rate-determining step,294–95
rate law, 289–91, 341
relative nucleophilicity of common species, 279
relative rates of S
N
1 solvolysis of different
substrates, 542
resonance-stabilized allylic cation formation,
538, 541–42
solvolysis reactions, 290, 538, 541–42
stereochemistry, 291–92
steric effects, 329
summary and overview, 296–98, 322
transition states, 333, 343, 346–49
S
N
2 reactions
activation energy, 273–74, 277, 287
alkylation in the position of carbonyl
compounds, 954–64
allyl halides, 542–43, 564,612
benzylic compounds, 612, 618
in biochemistry, 288–89
Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority system, 270
competition between S
N
2 and E2 reactions,
301, 321
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) substitution
reactions, 262, 288–89
effect of nucleophile, 277–81
effect of solvent polarity, 279–81, 286–87, 295
effect of substrate branching on E2–S
N
2 mix,
301–2
effect of substrate (R group) structure, 275–77,
296–97, 301–2
equilibrium, 267–68, 274, 332
ether cleavage by haloacids, 282–83
first-order reactions of substrate and
nucleophile, 268, 340
HOMO–LUMO interactions, 271–72
intramolecular S
N
2 reactions, 316–17, 917,
1081–88, 1091, 1095, 1101
inversion of configuration, 269, 270–75, 284,
288, 297
mechanisms, 270–71, 282–85, 350
methyl compounds, 249, 275
nucleophilicity, 278–81
problem solving techniques, 284
rate law, 268, 341, 350
rates in methyl, primary, and secondary
substrates, 275, 288
relative reaction rates various substrates,543,
612
replacement of
I with
I*, 270–73
retention of configuration, 269, 270, 271–72
in ring compounds, 276
as second-order reactions, 268, 273, 340
stereochemistry, 268–75
steric hindrance with tertiary substrates, 275,
296
sulfonate reactions,281–86, 322, 427, 555
summary and overview, 296–98, 322
transition states, 272–74, 276–77, 332, 344–46,
543
See also Leaving groups
S
N
Ar reactions
addition–elimination pathway, 675–76, 677
benzyne as intermediate, 681–82
Chichibabin reaction, 676–77, 761
elimination–addition pathway, 681
ipso attack, 677–78
Meisenheimer complex, 675
nitro groups, 674–75, 679, 680
N-oxides, 678–79
nucleophilic additions to benzenes, 674–76
nucleophilic aromatic substitution to
heteroaromatics, 676–79
organolithium reagents, 677
pyridine, 676–79
Soaps, 832, 864, 866–67
Sodamide, 986
Sodium bicarbonate, 859
Sodium borohydride, 421, 423
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