Organic Chemistry Answers

What type of bond exists in the compound CH3OK?

1) polar covalent
2) non-polar covalent
3) ionic
3) a mixture of ionic and covalent bonds

Geranyl ethanoate is present in ginger and cocoa, and is used in shampoos and soaps as a
perfume. It reacts with an excess of bromine in an organic solvent to give X, a bromo-derivative.

Including geranyl ethanoate, how many cis-trans isomers are there of geranyl ethanoate, and
how many chiral centres are there in X?

Using chemical equations to show How to produce o-methyl aniline from aniline

the solubility of Ca(OH)2 is 0.18 g per 100 g of water at 10 degrees celcius. Describe the solution formed when 0.15 g Ca(OH)2is added to 100.0 g of water?

Total isomer of C5H8

Wurtz reaction on a mixture of ethyl halide and isobutyl halide gives ____

b) With the help of examples explain the following terms:
i) Regioselectivity
ii) Stereoselectivity

What do you understand by ortho/para directing activators and meta directing deactivators?

Explain why a tertiary carbocation is more stable than secondary carbocation which in turn, is more stable than a primary carbocation

Name 5 carbon alkaline