Wednesday 25 December 2013

COREY HOUSE SYNTHESIS








Corey house synthesis  is useful to synthesize alkanes with odd number of carbons that are 
not possible with  WURTZ reaction in which  a mixture of alkanes are formed.



10 comments:

  1. Very obvious and precise explanation... Thank you...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. i am glad that this explination for corey house synthesis
      was usefull to you
      psk chakravarthy

      Delete
  2. can methane be prepared by this method???

    ReplyDelete
  3. no miss shruti .coreyhoyse synthesis requires a minimum of 2 carbons

    ReplyDelete
  4. Does Corey house synthesis always give a substitution product ? Even if R is a tertiary alkyl ?

    ReplyDelete
  5. Does Corey house synthesis always give a substitution product ? Even if R is a tertiary alkyl ?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. if we are considering tertiary alkyl halide ,for reaction ,then
      due to steric hindrance of three alkyl groups ,sn2 reaction ,substitution does not take place , instead ,there exists greater possibility of elemination reaction , leaing to elemination product. R part of R2CuLi acts as a strong conjugate base and this leeds to elemination

      Delete
    2. if we are considering tertiary alkyl halide ,for reaction ,then
      due to steric hindrance of three alkyl groups ,sn2 reaction ,substitution does not take place , instead ,there exists greater possibility of elemination reaction , leaing to elemination product. R part of R2CuLi acts as a strong conjugate base and this leeds to elemination

      Delete
  6. Can alkanes with even no of carbons be formed or mixture obtained

    ReplyDelete