Química Orgânica 1 · Reações radicalares e seletividade
(2-Bromopropan-2-yl)benzene from cumene
Condições: Br₂, hν
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Initiation: split Br₂ with light
Light breaks the weak Br–Br bond homolytically: each bromine atom keeps one of the two bonding electrons, giving two neutral bromine radicals and no ions. A second Br₂ molecule waits for the propagation steps.
As setas curvas
- One electron of the Br–Br bond stays on the first atom.
- The other electron of the Br–Br bond stays on the second atom, so the bond splits evenly into two radicals.
Propagation: remove the benzylic hydrogen
Cumene has one hydrogen that is both tertiary and benzylic. Its removal gives a radical stabilised by the two methyl groups and by delocalization into the ring, so this is by far the weakest C–H bond.
As setas curvas
- The unpaired electron on the bromine radical supplies one electron of the new bond to hydrogen.
- One electron of the benzylic C–H bond pairs with it to complete the new bond to hydrogen.
- The other benzylic C–H electron stays behind as the unpaired electron of the new radical.
Why this hydrogen?
Radical stability follows tertiary > secondary > primary > methyl, and the weakest C–H bond gives the most stable radical. Bromine is far more selective than chlorine because its abstraction step is endothermic, with a late, product-like transition state.
Propagation: take Br from a second Br₂
The carbon radical attacks Br₂, forming the C–Br bond and releasing a new bromine radical. That radical starts the next cycle, so one initiation event drives many cycles.
As setas curvas
- The unpaired electron on benzylic C supplies one electron of the new bond to Br.
- One electron of the Br–Br bond completes that new bond.
- The other Br–Br electron stays on the far Br, regenerating the chain-carrying radical.
(2-Bromopropan-2-yl)benzene and HBr
Bromine sits on the carbon bearing the ring and two methyl groups. That carbon has two identical methyl groups, so the product is achiral.
O que você vai praticar
Draw the radical chain that brominates cumene at the tertiary benzylic carbon, giving (2-bromopropan-2-yl)benzene.
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