Addition Reactions

Now that we've mastered nucleophilic substitution and elimination, we must move on to new territory. Addition reactions! Don't worry, they're super fun.
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[@ceciliaalicona1704]

if the example you gave was a Syn addition reaction, how do we know when it could be anti? I understand you added H2 and the methyl group shifted to become dashes (away from you) but what happens when one is dashed and one is wedged? Does it depends on the substituents being added?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

it depends on the reaction mechanism. some additions are always syn, some are always anti. keep going through the series and you'll see more examples of both!

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What happens to the Pt? Is it not take it into acount because catalyst are not used up stoichiometrically? Or something else happens?

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Is there any video to explain the sites of electrophillic attack?

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Can you explain how to use steric and electronic arguments to determine how certain molecules will undergo nucleophilic addition?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

well i pepper in that kind of analysis all through this series, but in general sterics discourage nucleophiles from approaching bulky portions of a substrate, and that's a kinetic effect, whereas electronics are more of a thermodynamic effect, because they tend to dictate what product has the lowest energy. i think i talk more about this in my zaitsev vs. hoffman clip.

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in what cases is the product anti, and how would we know which sides the nucleophile will attack the substrate from?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

so every addition reaction has its own mechanism, so it's a case by case basis. something like a dihalogenation is an anti addition because the second step is an SN2. but in general there is no telling which side of a planar molecule a nucleophile will attack from, that's why there tends to be multiple stereoisomeric products.

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Hm...it seems as though you should have explained that although catalytic hydrogenation is stereospecific in the sense that the addition always occurs in a syn fashion, the syn addition can still occur on either face of the molecule and thus produce a mixture of enantiomers. Of course, in this case, a meso compound is formed and that discussion is irrelevant, but that's not always true.

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when there is a tetrahedral geometry , is there is a specific rule that I can follow in order to know in what direction is each projecting group (wedge \dash)?

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another question , is the catalyst in a different phase than the substrate because the catalyst is always solid or what?

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wedge is coming at you, dash is pointing away. if the catalyst is a solid, that is heterogeneous catalysis, since its a different phase than the reactant which is in solution.

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I had already commented in other video... Sorry haha but this is the right one I guess. Teacher please help me: when you have ethene and chlorine reacting occours and electrophilic addition. Why? Is there any video explanning this kind of reaction? I thought that would happen a homolytic addition, but no. Im from Brazil and in UA-cam I didnt find any video explanning this in my language so im trying to search in other languages. Could you help me please?

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pi bonds can act as nucleophiles! it's an addition reaction so it follows this kind of mechanism, specifically dihalogenation.

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professor what do you mean by "stereospecific"?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

a reaction that produces only one stereoisomer out of a set of possible stereoisomers

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Sir.. Actually my question is Nucleophile attack is Quantitative or Qualitative?? If either then how, reason!!😅

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[@dewashishsolanke1621]

Actually I read in a book which stated that, ' Attack of nucleophile is a fast step so every present nucleophile will attack on Carbocation that means nucleophilic attack is quantitative not qualitative' What does this mean??

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That doesn't really mean anything, I would disregard whatever source you got that from.

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Sir why addition of hydrogen is always syn

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