Exam 11: Reactions of Alcohols

Which reagent would be best suited to induce the following transformation?

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the reaction below.

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the reaction below.

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown.

Which of the following reagents can be used to convert cyclopentanol to cyclopentane?

The Williamson ether synthesis proceeds via an ________ mechanism.

Mark all the structures below that contain an inorganic ester. (More than one answer is possible.)

What series of synthetic steps could be used to prepare 1-methylcyclohexanol from cyclohexene?

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the reaction below.

With close attention to stereochemistry, provide the major organic product for the reaction shown below.

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown.

Provide the structure of the major organic product that results when 3-hexanol is treated with sodium dichromate.

Provide the major organic product of the following reaction.

Classify the reaction below as an oxidation, a reduction, or neither. (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH → (CH₃)₂CHCHO

What series of synthetic steps could be used to carry out the transformation shown below?

Classify the reaction below as an oxidation, a reduction, or neither.

Which of the following compounds has carbon in the highest oxidation state?

Draw the products formed in the Fischer esterification reaction between acetic acid (CH₃CO₂H) and cyclohexanol.

Provide the major organic product of the following.

Nitroglycerine is formed by the reaction of glycerine (propane-1,2,3-triol) and nitric acid. Provide the structure of nitroglycerine.