Acyl Chlorides of Pharmaceutical Importance – PST05106 Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry
NTA Level 5 • Semester 1 • PST05106 Acyl Chlorides of Pharmaceutical Importance Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry • Source Session/Topic 14 Full source-text version: all educational wording from the extracted learning source is retained; only presenter/tutor metadata and web-layout noise are removed, while formatting is improved for readability. Session 14: Acyl Chlorides of Pharmaceutical Importance. Total Session Time: 120 minutes Prerequisites • None Learning Tasks By the end of this session students are expected to be able to: • Define acyl chlorides • Explain nomenclature of acyl chlorides • Explain physical properties of acyl chlorides • Describe the preparation of acyl chlorides • Explain chemical reactions of acyl chlorides Resources Needed: • Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape • Black/white board and chalk/whiteboard markers SESSION OVERVIEW |Step |Time |Activity/ |Content | | | |Method | | |1 |05 minutes |Presentation |Introduction, Learning Tasks | |2 |10 minutes |Brainstorming |Definition of acyl chlorides | | | |Presentation | | |3 |15 minutes |Presentation |Nomenclature of acyl chlorides | |4 |15 minutes |Presentation |Physical Properties of Acyl | | | | |Chlorides | |5 |20 minutes |Buzzing |Preparation of Acyl Chlorides | | | |Presentation | | |6 |40 minutes |Group |Chemical Reactions involving acyl | | | |discussion |chlorides | | | |Presentation | | |7 |05 minutes |Presentation |Key Points | |8 |10 minutes |Presentation |Evaluation | SESSION CONTENTS STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes). READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify. ASK students if they have any questions before continuing. STEP 2: Definition of Acyl Chlorides (10 minutes). |Activity: Brainstorming (5 minutes) | | | |Ask students to brainstorm on the following question: | |What are acyl chlorides? | | | |ALLOW few students to respond. | | | |WRITE their responses on the flip chart/ board. | | | |CLARIFY and SUMMARISE by using the content below | • Acyl chlorides as "acid derivatives". • A carboxylic acid such as ethanoic acid has the structure: [pic] • There are a number of related compounds in which the -OH group in the acid is replaced by something else. • Compounds like this are described as acid derivatives. • Acyl chlorides (also known as acid chlorides) are one example of an acid derivative. • In this case, the -OH group has been replaced by a chlorine atom. [pic] STEP 3: Nomenclature of Acyl Chlorides (15 minutes). • The easiest way of thinking about the names is to see the relationship with the corresponding. |carboxylic acid |acyl chloride |acyl chloride | |name |name |formula | |ethanoic acid |ethanoyl |CH3COCl | | |chloride | | |propanoic acid |propanoyl |CH3CH2COCl | | |chloride | | |butanoic acid |butanoyl |CH3CH2CH2COCl | | |chloride | | • The acyl group name is derived from the carboxylic acid name by replacing -oic acid by -ly. • If you have something substituted into the hydrocarbon chain, the carbon in the -COCl group counts as the number 1 carbon. • For example, 2-methylbutanoyl chloride is: [pic] • Note: Hardly anyone ever mentions methanoyl chloride, HCOCl – derived from methanoic acid. • That is because methanoyl chloride is very unstable, decomposing to give carbon monoxide and HCl. STEP 4: Physical properties of acyl chlorides (15 minutes). • Appearance o An acyl chloride like ethanoyl chloride is a colourless fuming liquid. o The strong smell of ethanoyl chloride is a mixture of the smell of vinegar (ethanoic acid) and the acrid smell of hydrogen chloride gas. o The smell and the fumes are because ethanoyl chloride reacts with water vapour in the air. • Solubility in water o Acyl chlorides can't be said to dissolve in water because they react (often violently) with it. o The strong reaction means that it is impossible to get a simple aqueous solution of an acyl chloride. • Boiling points o Taking ethanoyl chloride as typical: o Ethanoyl chloride boils at 51°C. o It is a polar molecule, and so has dipole-dipole attractions between its molecules as well as van der Waals dispersion forces. o However, it doesn't form hydrogen bonds. o Its boiling point is therefore higher than, say, an alkane of similar size (which has no permanent dipoles), but not as high as a similarly sized alcohol (which forms hydrogen bonds in addition to everything else.) STEP 5: Preparation of Acyl Chlorides (20 minutes). |Activity: Buzzing (5minutes) | | | |ASK students to pair up and buzz on the following question for 5 | |minutes. | |How are acyl chlorides prepared? | | | |ALLOW pairs to respond on the question. | | | |WRITE their response on the flip chart/board. | | | |CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the content in the table 1 below | • Acyl chlorides are prepared by treatment of carboxylic acids with thionyl (SOCl2). [pic] • Example, [pic] STEP 6: Chemical Reactions involving acyl chlorides (40 minutes). |Activity: Small Group Discussion (15 minutes) | | | |DIVIDE students into small groups | | | |ASK students to discuss in groups on the following questions | |What are the chemical reactions involving Esters? | |[pic]REFER Students to Book | |ALLOW students to discuss for 10 minutes | | | |ALLOW each group to present for 5 minutes | | | |CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below | • Substitution of the chlorine atom by other groups o Acyl chlorides are extremely reactive, and in their reactions the chlorine atom is replaced by other groups. o In each case, in the first instance, hydrogen chloride gas is produced as steamy acidic fumes. o However, in some cases the hydrogen chloride goes on to react with one of the substances in the reaction mixture. o Taking ethanoyl chloride as typical, the initial reaction is of this kind: [pic][pic] o The reactions involve compounds like water, alcohols and phenols, or ammonia and amines. o All of these particular cases contain a very electronegative element with an active lone