Comments on: Stereoselective and Stereospecific Reactions https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-695680 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:53:09 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-695680 In reply to Madhav Mittal.

The oxymercuration is stereoselective and stereospecific.

The demercuration process is not, since it involves a free radical with an indefinite lifetime that can potentially invert and give rise to mixtures of syn and anti addition.

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By: Madhav Mittal https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-695483 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:58:45 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-695483 Can we call oxymercuration-demercuration(OMDM) as stereoselective?

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-684759 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:30:35 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-684759 In reply to Vivi.

It would lead to a racemic mixture of enantiomers (assuming R is achiral).

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By: Vivi https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-588988 Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:27:21 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-588988 Is this still stereospecific epoxidation (with eg mcpba) when we use terminal alkene that doesnt have stereoisomers?
H2c=ch-r

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By: paramasivan rajasingh https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-579988 Thu, 07 May 2020 20:26:13 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-579988 thank you. I got it. Just now I checked this page and your reply. sorry for the delayed response.

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-564385 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:22:03 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-564385 In reply to paramasivan rajasingh.

If you’re talking about selectivity for different amines (primary vs secondary) it would still be “regioselectivity” you’re talking about. If it were selectivity for an amine versus an alcohol (i.e. different functional groups) then that would be “chemoselectivity”.

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By: paramasivan rajasingh https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-564039 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 13:37:59 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-564039 can you explain this….a molecule has both primary and secondary amine, but only secondary amine or primary amine (specific) reacts with an electrophile. What do we call the reaction?

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-561975 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 03:10:31 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-561975 In reply to Tripti.

“A reaction is termed stereospecific if starting materials differing only in their configuration are converted into stereoisomeric products. According to this definition, a stereospecific process is necessarily stereoselective but not all stereoselective processes are stereospecific. ” That’s from IUPAC, here. https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/S05994 .

That’s slightly different from the way the term is commonly used, as I believe it is in your case. Let me explain.
Epoxidation ALWAYS gives the “syn” epoxide, and NEVER the “trans”. It’s a consequence of the mechanism.
Take cis-2-butene and trans-2-butene and epoxidize them. cis-2-butene will give you cis-2-butene epoxide, and trans-2-butene will give you trans-2-butene epoxide, and there is no leakage between the two. That’s generally what’s meant by SPECIFIC.
In Sharpless epoxidation, you’re starting with an achiral alkene (actually allylic alcohol). After the Sharpless you might end up with a 99:1 mixture of enantiomers. Although 99:1 is very high, it’s not “specific”, it’s “selective”.

Like I said that’s the common usage, which is a little different from IUPAC’s sometimes.

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-554444 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:44:54 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-554444 In reply to Manoj gayala.

A good suggestion. Thank you.

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By: Manoj gayala https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/07/02/stereoselective-stereospecific/#comment-554436 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:58:32 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=574#comment-554436 It was very helpful ….and it would be glad …if u even emphasise on reactions that are both stereospecific and stereo selective…so that the topic becomes more clear .

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