Geminal halide hydrolysis

Geminal halide hydrolysis is an organic reaction. The reactants are geminal dihalides with a water molecule or a hydroxide ion. The reaction yields ketones from secondary halides[1][2] or aldehydes from primary halides.[3][4]

Reaction mechanism

The first part of the reaction mechanism consists of an ordinary nucleophilic aliphatic substitution to produce a gem-halohydrin:

RCH(Cl)2 + KOH RCH(OH)Cl + KCl

The remaining halide is a good leaving group and this enables the newly created hydroxy group to convert into a carbonyl group by expelling the halide:

RCH(OH)Cl Rearrangement gives R-CHO + HCl

Variations

Other functional groups can undergo similar hydrolysis reactions. For instance, geminal trihalides (e.g. benzotrichloride) can be partially hydrolyzed to acyl halides (e.g. benzoyl chloride) in a similar way.[5] Further hydrolysis yields carboxylic acids.

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See also

References
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  3. Bill, J. C.; Tarbell, D. S. (1954). "o-Phthalaldehyde". Organic Syntheses. 34: 82. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.034.0082.
  4. Buck, Johannes S.; Zimmermann, F. J. (1938). "Protocatechualdehyde". Organic Syntheses. 18: 75. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.018.0075.
  5. Rossberg, Manfred; Lendle, Wilhelm; Pfleiderer, Gerhard; Tögel, Adolf; Dreher, Eberhard-Ludwig; Langer, Ernst; Rassaerts, Heinz; Kleinschmidt, Peter; Strack, Heinz; Cook, Richard; Beck, Uwe; Lipper, Karl-August; Torkelson, Theodore R.; Löser, Eckhard; Beutel, Klaus K.; Mann, Trevor (2006). "Chlorinated Hydrocarbons". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry: 139. doi:10.1002/14356007.a06_233.pub2. ISBN 3527306730.
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