What Are the Products of Reductive Ozonolysis of 1,4-Cyclohexadiene?

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In summary, on reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene, glyoxal is one of the products formed. The reductive work up conditions and solvent used determine the products that are produced.
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Homework Statement


What are the products formed on reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene?

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shouldn't it give propandial?? but the answer says that glyoxal is one of the products, how?
 
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yes. do you know its structure?
Also, propandial is not a product.
 
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Suraj M said:

Homework Statement


What are the products formed on reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene?

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The Attempt at a Solution


shouldn't it give propandial?? but the answer says that glyoxal is one of the products, how?
What are the reductive work up conditions?
If you use zinc dust or DMS you will get aldehydes or ketones.
Use of H2O2 gives you carboxylic acids while sodium borohydride gives you alcohols.
 
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Raghav Gupta said:
What are the reductive work up conditions?
If you use zinc dust or DMS you will get aldehydes or ketones.
Use of H2O2 gives you carboxylic acids while sodium borohydride gives you alcohols.
Yes. DMS takes an oxygen atom and gets converted to dimethyl sulphoxide. I think H2O2 gives nascent oxygen which oxidises the products.
Also, these compounds are also formed as minor products:
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its unstable.
Also, if methanol is used as a solvent, then one more product will be formed. Try figuring it out.
 
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AdityaDev said:
Also, if methanol is used as a solvent, then one more product will be formed. Try figuring it out.
In the ozonolysis process the methanol is used as a solvent with O3 at -78°C to form ozonide. Using methanol is a necessary condition. We can then use any reagent to get aldehydes, ketones, alcohols or carboxylic acids.

You might be wanting to say that if methanol is not used then what is the product?
In that case we will not get ozonide.
 
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I think I used the wrong words. (Typo)? I will check my book and tell you the question later. But what I wanted to say is that, during the reaction, nucleophilic attack of methanol takes place on one of the intermediates To give a different compound.
[This was given by my chemistry teacher Last month.]
 
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Got it. Actually, this is the question. I was only able to remember some parts before.
Alcohols react with the carbonyl oxide to give hydroperoxy hemiacetals:
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Hi you two, thanks for replying :).
the thing is, I just got into 12th, just finished, alcohols, phenols... i didn't understand a lot of what you guys said, my original question was this
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I guess all the things you guys were talking about will be taught to me later(wont it? :frown: ) ,
could you help me solve this question for now? I selected answer D, which was correct because i thought it would give propandial and not glyoxal.. but the question says somethings else..
PS i hope you did well in your exams Aditya :smile:
 
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D gives 2 moles of a compound other than glyoxal. All others give only glyoxal on ozonolysis. Waite for a few months. Soon you will learn it.
 
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Exams did not go as planned. Atleast I can write jee advanced. The FIITJEE topper here scored 320 in mains.
 
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AdityaDev said:
D gives 2 moles of a compound other than glyoxal. All others give only glyoxal on ozonolysis.
But the first option benzene gives H2O2 other then glyoxal, so why it is not the answer for question?

And how come 4th will give glyoxal? To me it is looking propanedial. Is there some rearrangement here that 4th option is giving glyoxal?
 
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Why H2O2? It gives three moles of glyoxal.
Also, propandial is not a proper name.
 
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AdityaDev said:
Why H2O2? It gives three moles of glyoxal.
Also, propandial is not a proper name.
Sorry Benzene gives glyoxal as well as ZnO2 in reductive work up.

Propanedial is a proper name, see
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malondialdehyde
 
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But the question remains unanswered, that are we getting propanedial in 1-4 cyclohexanediene?
 
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yes. 2 moles of propanedial.
 
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AdityaDev said:
yes. 2 moles of propanedial.
And how glyoxal?
 
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question is wrong?
 
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AdityaDev said:
question is wrong?
It may be right, some rearrangement can be possible.
Also benzene is giving glyoxal as well as ZnO2.
Is there a online calculator to see products?
 
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Why do you think rearrangement is possible?
 
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AdityaDev said:
Why do you think rearrangement is possible?
What can the other reason be and how you can directly say question is wrong?
Earlier in some posts you were saying that propanedial is not a product.

In organic chem. there are many rearrangements. Reason could also be because of torsional strain but I am not sure.

Who can help three of us now?
 
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Thats because I got confused with the structure. I did not get the correct structure using google. @Borek can help us.
 
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You need an organiker, not me.
 
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Now, I don't know a decent organiker here in PF.
Would this problem be solved?:rolleyes:
 
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Please Borek, or anyone else, could you help us out.
I don't understand how glyoxal could be a product from option D,
even by rearrangement how can you get glyoxal,
 
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Im sure. The question is wrong.
 
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Ok then, if you're that sure,
thank you
 
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Suraj M said:
Ok then, if you're that sure,
thank you
Isn't something given in hints and solution section?
 
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a friend gave me the question, when i asked for the solution, she said her friend asked her, don't know the exact source or the solution! sorry.
but what were you saying about rearrangement?
 
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Suraj M said:
a friend gave me the question, when i asked for the solution, she said her friend asked her, don't know the exact source or the solution! sorry.
but what were you saying about rearrangement?
The file you have attached was not of a book?
Rearrangement based on torsional strain and something but I am not sure.
 
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No rearrangement here. I am sure. Take chair form and do the mechanism.
 
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Okay I got all of the drama. All we were having were interpretation issues.

The question is correct and Suraj your answer D is correct.

The question is saying in which of the following glyoxal is not the only product.
All three of us might be thinking that the question is asking which of the following gives glyoxal as well as some other compound.
It is not like that.

It was a simple one and language confused us.
Clearly in D option we are getting propanedial the only product and not glyoxal.

This question was more of a language game then chemistry!
 
  • #32
yes.
 

1. What is reductive ozonolysis?

Reductive ozonolysis is a chemical reaction that involves the cleavage of carbon-carbon double bonds using ozone and a reducing agent, such as zinc or dimethyl sulfide. This reaction is commonly used in organic chemistry to break down complex molecules into simpler fragments.

2. What is 1,4-cyclohexadiene?

1,4-cyclohexadiene is a six-carbon cyclic compound with two double bonds. It is commonly used as a starting material in organic synthesis reactions due to its high reactivity and stability.

3. What are the products of reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene?

The products of reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene are two aldehydes, each with three carbon atoms. One aldehyde has a methyl group attached to it, while the other has a formyl group. The exact products may vary depending on the reaction conditions and the presence of other functional groups.

4. How does reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene occur?

In reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene, the double bonds in the cyclohexadiene ring react with ozone, forming an intermediate ozonide. This ozonide then undergoes reduction by a reducing agent, resulting in the cleavage of the double bonds and the formation of aldehydes.

5. What are the applications of reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene?

Reductive ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadiene is commonly used in organic synthesis to create aldehydes, which can then be further transformed into various functional groups. It is also used in the analysis and identification of organic compounds, as well as in the production of fragrances and flavors.

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