Question 1

Determine the product of the following reaction.

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV

Question 2

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction 
A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction

Question 3

Determine the product of the following reaction.

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV

Question 4

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction 
A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction

Question 5

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction 
A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction

Question 6

Rank the following alkenes in order of increasing rate of hydrogenation.

Accepted Answer

A) I < III < IV < II 
B) IV < III < II < I 
C) I < II < III < IV 
D) IV < II < III < I 
A) I < III < IV < II 
B) IV < III < II < I 
C) I < II < III < IV 
D) IV < II < III < I

Question 7

What is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV

Question 8

Predict the major product of the following reaction.

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV

Question 9

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction 
A) Reduction reaction 
B) Oxidation reaction 
C) Elimination reaction 
D) Substitution reaction

Question 10

Determine the product of the following reaction, ignoring stereochemistry.

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV

Question 11

What happens to the carbon atom in the transformation of chloromethane to methyllithium? CH3Cl + 2Li CH3Li + LiCl

Accepted Answer

A) Oxidized 
B) Reduced 
C) Oxidized and reduced 
D) Neither oxidized nor reduced 
A) Oxidized 
B) Reduced 
C) Oxidized and reduced 
D) Neither oxidized nor reduced

Question 12

Which is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Only I and II 
B) Only I and III 
C) Only II and III 
D) I, II, and III 
A) Only I and II 
B) Only I and III 
C) Only II and III 
D) I, II, and III

Question 13

What is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Only I 
B) Only II 
C) Only III 
D) Only I and II 
A) Only I 
B) Only II 
C) Only III 
D) Only I and II

Question 14

Which of the following is (are) formed by ozonolysis of compound A?

Accepted Answer

A) Only I 
B) Only II 
C) I and II 
D) I, II, and III 
A) Only I 
B) Only II 
C) I and II 
D) I, II, and III

Question 15

What reagent is required to accomplish the following transformation?

Accepted Answer

A) Na, NH3 
B) H2, Pd-C 
C) H2, Ni 
D) H2, Lindlar catalyst 
A) Na, NH3 
B) H2, Pd-C 
C) H2, Ni 
D) H2, Lindlar catalyst

Question 16

Which of the following explains why heats of hydrogenation cannot be used to determine the relative stability of compounds A and B below?

Accepted Answer

A) Compound A is trisubstituted while compound B is monosubstituted. 
B) Compound A has E configuration while compound B has no E/Z configuration. 
C) Both compounds A and B have no E/Z configurations. 
D) Hydrogenation of A and B give different alkanes. 
A) Compound A is trisubstituted while compound B is monosubstituted. 
B) Compound A has E configuration while compound B has no E/Z configuration. 
C) Both compounds A and B have no E/Z configurations. 
D) Hydrogenation of A and B give different alkanes.

Question 17

Which of the following statements about the reduction of epoxides with LiA1H4 is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The nucleophile is a hydride (H-). 
B) In unsymmetrical epoxides, nucleophilic attack of H- occurs at the more substituted carbon atom. 
C) The reaction follows SN1 mechanism. 
D) The nucleophile, H-, is a weak nucleophile. 
A) The nucleophile is a hydride (H-). 
B) In unsymmetrical epoxides, nucleophilic attack of H- occurs at the more substituted carbon atom. 
C) The reaction follows SN1 mechanism. 
D) The nucleophile, H-, is a weak nucleophile.

Question 18

What is the starting material in the following sequence of reactions?

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV

Question 19

What is the starting material in the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV

Exam 12: Oxidation and Reduction

Determine the product of the following reaction.

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

Determine the product of the following reaction.

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

Rank the following alkenes in order of increasing rate of hydrogenation.

What is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?

Predict the major product of the following reaction.

What is the correct classification of the following reaction?

Determine the product of the following reaction, ignoring stereochemistry.

What happens to the carbon atom in the transformation of chloromethane to methyllithium? CH3Cl + 2Li CH3Li + LiCl

Which is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?

What is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?

Which of the following is (are) formed by ozonolysis of compound A?

What reagent is required to accomplish the following transformation?

Which of the following explains why heats of hydrogenation cannot be used to determine the relative stability of compounds A and B below?

Which of the following statements about the reduction of epoxides with LiA1H4 is true?

What is the starting material in the following sequence of reactions?

What is the starting material in the following reaction?

Structure and Bonding

Acids and Bases

Introduction to Organic Molecules and Functional Groups

Alkanes

Stereochemistry

Understanding Organic Reactions

Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution

Alkyl Halides and Elimination Reactions

Alcohols, Ethers, and Related Compounds

Alkenes

Alkynes

Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Radical Reactions

Conjugation, Resonance, and Dienes

Benzene and Aromatic Compounds

Reactions of Aromatic Compounds

Carboxylic Acids and the Acidity of the O-H Bond

Introduction to Carbonyl Chemistry;

Aldehydes and Ketones Nucleophilic Addition

Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives

Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds at the Alpha-Carbon

Carbonyl Condensation Reactions

Amines

Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions in Organic Synthesis

Pericyclic Reactions

Carbohydrates

Amino Acids and Proteins

Synthetic Polymers

Lipids

Filters

What happens to the carbon atom in the transformation of chloromethane to methyllithium? CH₃Cl + 2Li CH₃Li + LiCl

Which of the following statements about the reduction of epoxides with LiA1H₄ is true?