Draw the products of Claisen condensation of (a) ethyl propanoate; (b) ethyl-3-methylbutanoate; (c) ethyl pentanoate. For each,
the base used is sodium ethoxide and the solvent is ethanol.
1 answer:
Answer:
Structures of products has been shown below
Explanation:
- In claisen condensation, two ester molecules combines with each other through nucleophilic acyl substitution resulting formation of a
-ketoester.
- At first, one ester molecule gets deprotonated in presence of a strong base e.g. NaOEt yielding a carbanion.
- The carbanion then gives nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction with another ester molecule to replace alkoxy group present in ester group
- General reaction mechanism of claisen condensation along with products of given esters are shown below.
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Putting values in above equation, we get:
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where,
k = rate constant =
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Putting values in above equation, we get:
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