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| Organic Reactions Are Critical for Products We Consume Everyday |
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Organic reactions are still chemical reactions, but rather then using chemicals, they result from using organic compounds. They are a vital source of many of the products that we use or consume everyday such as; food additives, drugs, fabrics and plastics, just to name a few. Within the overall big picture of organic reactions, there fall many different reaction types. The basic organic chemistry reaction types are substitution reactions, rearrangement reactions, addition reactions and redox reactions. The oldest reactions are the combustion of the organic fuels as well a reaction called saponification which is the process that refers to the reaction of metallic alkali base with oil or fat which forms soap. So any saponifiable substance is that which can be turned into soap.
The regulating factors of organic reactions are basically the same as with any chemical reaction. Some factors that are unique to organic reactions are the ones that calculate the stability of reactants and products like conjugation, hyperconjugation and aromaticity as well as the stability and presence of reactive intermediates like free radicals and carbanions. Isomers are compounds that consist of the same molecular formula but have different structural formulas, organic compounds can consist of many isomers. Organic reactions are a key component in the making of pharmaceuticals.
The number of possible organic reactions and mechanisms are limitless. There are specific basic patterns that have shown to describe many of the common and beneficial reactions. Every reaction has a reaction mechanism which describes in exact detail what took place during every stage of the chemical changes. Each and every reaction falls into a specific category or type, but there are some reactions that fit into more then one. An example of this is that some substitution reactions also follow an elimination path. Organic reactions can be arranged according to the functional group that's used as a reactant as well as the functional group that is made as a result of the reaction. In the Fries rearrangement the reactant is an ester and the subsequent reaction product an alcohol.
With an addition reaction is an organic reaction where by two or more molecules join to make one larger one. The two main types are Electrophilic addition and Nucleophilic addition. These types of addition organic reactions are limited to chemical compounds which have multiply-bonded atoms. An elimination reaction in one in which two substituents are taken away from a molecule in a one or two step mechanism. The one and two step mechanisms are known as E2 reaction and E1 reaction.
In a substitution reaction a functional group in a distinct chemical compound is replaced by another group. The electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution reactions are very crucial. Organic substitution reactions are categorized into several main types depending on whether the reagent which makes the substitution happen is an electrophilic or a nucleophilic or whether the substrate is aliphatic or aromatic. The more that is understood about the reaction type, the more that can be predicted as to what the final outcome product will be.
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