[orgostudent]

I am sooo stuck on this reactions--I need to know how to draw the reaction.....can you please HELP ME--???  thanks!!

CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₃ + LiAlH₄ in ether; then H₃O⁺

[AWK]

alkanes not react with LiAlH4

[orgostudent]

AHHH!! that is a no reaction!!

thanks!

[AWK]

LiAlH4 reacts with water or acid

[orgostudent]

so it doesn't react with the H3O+   

where its protanated water???

[Arkcon]

so it doesn't react with the H3O+   

where its protanated water???

So what AWK: means is, there isn't a hydrogenation reaction with the alkane, just a messy release of heat and hydrogen when you try to work it up as a second step. 

You gotta think about things like that, when you're in the lab, and doing a step that's meant to remove a small excess of reactant ... what happens if you have a large excess of reactant, in a stoppered glass flask..

[orgostudent]

Okay--there is no structure to draw.

thanks.

[orgostudent]

if a large excess?