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Chemical Properties of Alkynes MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

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Hydration, Hydroboration and Oxidation of Alkynes is considered one the most difficult concept.
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Predict the correct intermediate and product in the following recation.

$H_{3}C-C\equiv CH \underset {HgSO_{4}}{\overset {H_{2}O, H_{2}SO_{4}}{\longrightarrow}} \:\:\:\underset {(A)}{Intermediate}\rightarrow \underset {(B)}{product}$

$A:H_{3}C-\underset {O}{\underset {||}{C}}=CH_{3}B:H_{3}C-C\equiv CH$

$A:H_{3}C-\underset {SO_{4}}{\underset {|}{C}}=CH_{2}B:H_{3}C-\underset {O}{\underset {|}{C}}-CH_{3}$

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Concepts Covered - 4

Hydrohalogenation and Halogenation of Alkynes

Hydrohalogenation
Addition of one molecule of halogen gives vinyl halide which then adds another molecule of hydrogen halide to form gem-dihalide. This addition follows Markownikoff's rule. The reaction occurs as follows:

For example:

Halogenation
Alkenes combine with gaseous chlorine or bromine in the dark to form di or tetrahalides. Here the addition is Anti Markownikoff's. The reaction occurs as follows:

For example:

Hydration, Hydroboration and Oxidation of Alkynes

Hydration
Alkynes cannot be hydrated more easily than alkenes because of their low reactivity towards electrophilic addition reactions. The reaction occurs as follows:

Mechanism

For example:

Hydroboration-Oxidation reaction
Alkynes react with BH₃ (in THF) and finally converted into carbonyl compounds. This method is useful for preparing aldehyde from terminal alkyne, which is otherwise not possible by hydration. The reaction occurs as follows:

For example:

Reaction with Carbonyls and Oxidative Coupling

Reaction with carbonyls
This reaction is very useful for the preparation of alcohols. In this reaction, a salt like NaNH₂ is used which produces a carbanion as follows:

$\mathrm{CH\equiv CH\: \overset{NaNH_{2}}{\longrightarrow}\: CH\equiv C^{-}}$

Now this carbanion reacts with the carbonyl group. Here, the carbanion binds with the carbonyl carbon and carbon-oxygen bond shifts to the oxygen giving it a negative charge. Now we use H₃O⁺ to bind with O^- and thus forms the OH or alcohol.

The complete mechanism is given below:

Reaction with HOCl and Polymerisation Reaction

Addition of Hypochlorous acid
Alkynes when passed into hypochlorous acid solution forms dichloroacetaldehyde. The reaction occurs as follows: