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Pharmaceutcal Synthesis

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Total cards: 14•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

How do you form an alcohol?

Back (Answer)

A halogenoalkane with NaOH/H2O under reflux. Reduce a ketone or aldehyde with NaBH4. Ketone –> secondary Aldehyde –> primary. (Warm together)

#2
Front (Question)

How do you form a primary aliphatic amine? -NH2 Eg propyl amine

Back (Answer)

Halogenoalkane + excess NH3 and an ethanol solvent. 1-chloropropane + NH3 —> Propyl amine + HCl

#3
Front (Question)

How do you form a ketone?

Back (Answer)

Oxidise a secondary alcohol with K2Cr2O7/H+ Forms H2O as a bi product.

#4
Front (Question)

How do you form an aldehyde?

Back (Answer)

Oxidise a primary alcohol with K2Cr2O7/H+ Also forms H2O as a bi product.

#5
Front (Question)

How do you form a carboxylic acid?

Back (Answer)

Oxidise an aldehyde with K2Cr2O7/H+

#6
Front (Question)

How do you form an ester?

Back (Answer)

React a carboxylic acid and an alcohol together with a H2SO4 catalyst under reflux.

#7
Front (Question)

How do you make chlorobenzene or Bromobenzene? Catalyst equation?

Back (Answer)

Benzene + Br2 Fe/AlBr3 + Cl2 Fe/AlCl3 Also creates HCl or HBr Br2 + FeBr3 —> Br+ + FeBr4- H+ + FeBr4- —> FeBr3 + HBr

#8
Front (Question)

How do you make nitrobenzene?

Back (Answer)

Benzene Conc HNO3 Conc H2SO4 50* Also creates H2O

#9
Front (Question)

How is H2SO4 used as a catalyst to make nitrobenzene?

Back (Answer)

HNO3 + H2SO4 —> NO2+ + HSO4- + H2O H+ + HSO4- —> H2SO4

#10
Front (Question)

How do you make phenyl amine?

Back (Answer)

Nitrobenzene + 6 [H] —> Phenyl amine + 2H2O Sn/conc HCl are the reducing agent. Reflux.

#11
Front (Question)

How do you make benzenediazonium chloride?

Back (Answer)

Phenyl amine + HNO2 + 2HCl —> Benzenediazonium chloride + 2H2O HNO2 + NaCl

#12
Front (Question)

How do you form an azo dye?

Back (Answer)

Benzenediazonium chloride + phenol + NaOH —> Azo dye Alkaline conditions

#13
Front (Question)

How do you form an amine without producing the further substitution? Eg make 3-aminopropan-1-ol

Back (Answer)

Excess NH3 ethanol solvent under reflux. 3-chloropropan-1-ol + 2NH3 —> 3-aminopropan-1-ol + NH4Cl

#14
Front (Question)

How do you separate from forming an aldehyde or carboxylic acid when using a primary alcohol?

Back (Answer)

Distil the aldehyde from the reaction mixture as it forms, this prevents it being oxidised further to a carboxylic acid. When making a carboxylic acid you heat the reaction mixture under reflux before distilling the product off.