Organic Chemistry Answers

1.Write a conformational structure for 1-bromo-3-chloro-5-fluorocyclohexane in which all

the substituents are equatorial. Then write its structure after a ring flip.

Test compound: isopropyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol then Sodium Iodide in Acetone Reagent. Observable results in the test tube

Complete the following chemical reactions by writing the name and condensed structural formula (CSF - e.g. CH₃CH₃) of the missing term. 

1. C₃H₈ + 5O₂  =  ______ +   4H₂O

           a propane

2.  CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃  + Cl₂   =   ______  +  HCl               

an alkane                            (an organic halide)

3.CH 3 (CH 2 ) 5 CH=CH 2 + HCl = ________

an alkene (an organic halide)

4.CH 3 (CH 2 ) 3 C≡CCH 2 CH 3 + 2Br 2 = __________

an alkyne (an organic halide)

CH 3 (CH 2 ) 5 CH= CHCH 3 + KMnO 4 = ______ + inorganic products

an alkene a diol

Write the condensed structural formula for:

A. 1,3,5–triethylbenzene

B. The isomeric forms of dimethylbenzene

C. 1,3,5–triethylcyclohexane

Write the condensed structural and line-angle for

a. 3–cyclopropyl-4-methyl–1-hexene 

b. 4–methyl–1-octyne

c. 2,2,4,4–tetramethylnonane

d. The normal skeletal isomers (unbranched) of an alkene with 7 carbon atoms

Remove OH from ethanoic acid and H from methanol. From an ester by linking the oxygen from the alcohol and the Carbon from the carboxylic acid. Identify where the original Carbon and Oxygen are located in your structure.

Describe the difference between an aldehyde and a ketone and indicate how each differs from an alcohol

Element A has three electrons in its outer energy level and is located in period 4. How does the number of its valence electrons compare with that of element B, which is In group 13 and period 6?

How a non-polar substance can dissolve in a polar substance