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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034 M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION - CHEMISTRY FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010 CH 1806 - ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISM & STEREOCHEMISTRY Date : 30-10-10 Time : 1:00 - 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks PART-A Answer all questions (10 × 2 = 20 marks) 01. What is peroxide effect? Explain with a reaction mechanism. 02. State and explain the principle of microscopic reversibility. 03. Explain the importance of the reaction between neopentyl iodide and aqueous AgNO3. 04. Complete the following reaction with mechanism. OH N Me H2SO4 ? 05. Explain the effect of electron withdrawing and releasing groups in direct electron transfer mechanism with example. 06. Predict the product of the following reaction; O a) ? + O b) CH2 NH2 IF5 ? 07. Why is the following -ketoacid highly resistant to decarboxylation? O COOH 08. Explain Curtin-Hammett principle with an example. 09. How would you resolve optically active alcohols from a racemic mixture? 10. What is epimerization? Give an example. 1 PART-B Answer any eight questions. (8 × 5 = 40 marks) 11. Give an example for α, β, γ and δ-elimination reaction. 12. State and explain the Hammond postulate to the bromination of n-propane. 13. How will you determine the reaction mechanism of hydrolysis of an ester using isotoping labeling method? 14. Write and explain the Steven’s rearrangement. 15. Predict the product and explain the mechanism of the following reaction. TsO N 1. EtOH,HCl 2. ? Na2CO3 16. Discuss the Gomberg-Bechmann synthesis. 17. Write the mechanism of the following reaction O Wolff Kishner reduction 18. Identify the stereochemistry of the products obtained when -phenyl--bromo--benzoyl propionic acid is heated with pyridine. 19. Explain the process of racemisation through cation formation with two suitable examples. 20. Assign R/S configuration to the following: a) b) c) HO C7H10 N C6H5 HOOC O2N CH3 COOH Me C7H10 C6H5 H 21. Explain the stability of various conformers of disubstituted cyclohexanes with energy. 22. State and explain Octant rule. Draw the octants and predict the sign of Cotton effect to the following compounds. a) (+)-3-methylcyclohexanone b) 2-bromocyclohexan-4-one carboxylic acid PART-C 2 Answer any four questions (4 × 10 = 40 marks) 23. (a) How does crossover experiment is used to determine the reaction mechanism? Explain with example. (4) (b) Explain the mechanistic implications of rate law for a diazotization of aniline reaction. (6) 24. (a) What is migratory aptitude? Suggest any two methods to determine the migratory aptitude. (4) (b) Give the products of the following CH3 (i) 1. (1+1) O3 ? OsO4 (ii) 2. Zn/HoAc ? H2O (c) How will you convert the following? Explain with mechanism. H OH (4) + CH2 25. (a) Explain the addition-elimination reaction mechanism of a α, β-unsaturated ketone. (4) (b) Give any two synthetic applications of selenium dioxide. (2) (c) Write the product with mechanism for the following reaction (4) OH Pb(OAc)4 ? OH 26. a) Write the most stable conformations to the following: i) ii) iii) OH Ph Me Me (6) OH Me N Me Me b) Explain second order asymmetric transformation with a suitable example. 27. Explain the following: 3 a) Meso-stilbene dichloride possesses a dipole moment 1.27D b) Threo-3-bromo-2butanol with HBr gives dl product. c) Trans-4-tert-butyl cyclohexane carboxylic acid in aqueous DMF is more acidic than cis isomer. (3+3+4) 28. a) Explain the axial haloketone rule. What are the uses of this rule? Explain with an example each. (5) b) Explain the steps involved in the stereochemical synthesis of reserpine.(5) ***** 4 ************* 5