Organic Chemistry Answers

 What happens in cyclization process of glucose and why is the straight form of glucose more reactive than the ring/cyclic form?

Predict the products of the reaction that occurs when the following reactants are combines: 

a. But-1-ene with H2O and catalyst

b. chlorine gas is bubbled through cyclohept-2-ene.

. If you were given 2 test tubes and were told that one was heptan-1-ol and other was heptan-2-ol ,describe two tests that you could run on the samples to identify them

How many ml of 0.9%w/v sodium chloride solution can be made from 3.25g sodium chloride?

A sample of aluminum foil contains 4.10 X 10^36 formula units. How many formula units of Al are in the sample?

There are 64 codons and 20 amino acids. Explain how these codons are used in encoding of amino

acids

Which lg have opsonization and agglutination?

what is the structural advantage of glycogen for animals as compared to either amylose or amylopectin?

In tomatoes, red fruit is dominant to yellow fruit and hairy stems are dominant to hairless (smooth) stems. The two genes controlling these traits are inherited in normal Mendelian fashion and are not linked.

a)   Produce a suitable key for this information in terms of the individual alleles of the genes given.                                                                                   

b)   What are the possible genotypes of plants showing the following forms:    

i)            Red fruit and smooth stems :   

ii)           Yellow fruit and hairy stems :     

Red fruit and hairy stems           

c)   On crossing a plant with red fruit and hairy stem, with one that was yellow fruit and hairy stem, the following progeny were obtained:

           30 red, hairy / 11 red, smooth / 29 yellow, hairy / 9 yellow, smooth

Give a reasoned explanation along with the use of full genetic diagrams to proof your answer, to explain these results in terms of the simultaneous transmission of characteristics.

Describe the process of catalytic reforming in the petroleum refining industry

Your answer must also include:

·    A balanced chemical equation, physical states included and reaction conditions stated

·    Examples of a product formed from catalytic reforming (in petroleum refining) and its use