stereo specific and stereo selective reaction


What is stereo specific reaction ?


A reaction may be stereo specific, if stereo chemically different materials give stereo chemically different products.  

For example, the addition of carbene to cis and trans but-2-ene is a cis addition. Thus the addition is stereo specific, that is, each geometrical isomer forms one product, cis isomer gives cis-product and trans isomer gives trans product .

The configuration of the two products are different.  In both addition reaction , the carbene used is singlet carbene.



What is stereo selective reaction ?


A stereo selective reaction is that where between two or more possible stereo isomeric product , one is formed predominance. For example, addition of triplet carbene toalkene.



Stereo chemistry of halogen addition to alkenes


Addition of halogen to alkene is usually predominantly trans that is , the addition is stereo selective.

For example the addition of bromine or chlorine to maleic acid gives (+,-) dibromosuccinic acid, which can result only from trans addition.

In this reaction, the step is the formation of a bridged or non classical carbonium ion, followed by  attact by the bromide or chloride ion .




The bromide ion attact from behind and along the bonding C – Br+ line , and this results in a walden inversion at this carbon atom.

Since the bromonium ionis symmetrical, each carbon atom is attracted equally well ,and consequently, resulting the formation of a pair of enantiomers and hence the product is a racemic modification.

Another example  of halogen addition to alkenes is addition of  bromine to cis and trans but-2-ene.

The reaction occurs through the formation of a bridged or non classical carbonium ion, followed by attact by the bromide ion.  

Evidence for the formation of cyclic bromide ion come from the lower temperature and NMR  studies.





Summary



  • What is stereo selective reaction ?
  • What is stereo specific reaction ?
  • Stereo chemistry of halogen addition reaction to alkenes .




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