Organic Chemistry Answers

Reaction of Br2 and Fe with toluene (methylbenzene) can lead to one to more of three substitution products. Show the structure of each.

Write the products from the reaction of the following reagents with p-xylene (p-dimethylbenzene).

A. Br2 and Fe

B. HNO3 and H2SO4

C. SO3 and H2SO4

Draw structures corresponding to the following names:

A. o- Iodobromobenzene

B. o- Nitrotoluene

C. m- Diisopropylbenzene

D. p- Chlorophenol

What products would you expect form the following halogenation reaction?

A. 2-Methylpropene + Br2 ------?

B. 1- pentene + CI2 ----- ?

Classify the following reactions as an addition, elimination, substitution, or rearrangement:

A. CH3 Br +NaOH ------ CH3OH + NaBr

B. H2C = CH2 + HCI -------- CH3CH2CI

C. CH3CH2Br -------- H2C = CH2 + HBr

draw the cis and trans isomers of 3,4- dimethyl - 3- hexene

Which of the following substances exist as cis- trans isomers? Draw both isomers for those that do.

A. 3- heptene

B. 2- methyl- 2-hexene

C. 5-methyl -2- hexene

Draw structure corresponding to the following UIPAC names:

A. 3- methyl - 1- heptane

B. 4,4- dimethyl - 2- pentyne

C. 2- methyl- 3- hexane

D. 2,2,3- trimethyl- 3- hexane

Write structural formulas of four alcohols, four ethers, two aldehydes and one ketone with chemical formula C4H8O and names the compounds

Show the conversion of 3-methyl-1butanol to 3-methylbutanoic acid