Ozonolysis
Ozone structure
Oxidation of the alkene
With this kind of reaction, the ozonolysis, alkenes can be split into alcohols, ketons, aldehydes or carbonic acids. Used reagentia and different circumstances will determine the outcome of the reaction.
The simple and basic reaction goes as the following:
(work needs to be added in order to get a correct reaction going)
Example of a reaction with different circumstances and reagens:
First reaction results in Formaldehyde and Propanol, the second reaction, this time in combination with Hydrogen peroxide results in Butanoic acid and Oxalic acid
Ozonolysis reaction in detail
The ozone and alkene molecules undergo a 6-electron cycloaddition reaction, forming the molozonide - which is very unstable due to the single bonded O's - thus ending in an ozonide which is in contrary to molozonide stable.
After this process, ozonides can be cleaved, forming a ketone and an aldehyde (= REDUCTION), or (in other circumstances and with other reagents) a ketone and a carboxylic acid (= OXIDATION). See the example below for details and clarification:
Reduction:
Oxidation:
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