Question 1

Does cycloheptatriene have a higher or lower pKa than cyclopentadiene? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Cycloheptatriene is a weaker acid than c

Question 2

What is the name of the following compound?

Accepted Answer

A) m-bromomethylbenzene 
B) m-bromotoluene 
C) 3-bromotoluene 
D) A and B 
E) B and C 
A) m-bromomethylbenzene 
B) m-bromotoluene 
C) 3-bromotoluene 
D) A and B 
E) B and C

Question 3

Identify the best product for the following reaction.

Accepted Answer

A)    
B)    
C)    
D)    
E)    
A)    
B)    
C)    
D)    
E)

Question 4

Provide the structure of the major mononitration product(s)of the compound below.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

What is the proper name of the compound below?

Accepted Answer

A) 1-phenoxyethane 
B) ethyl phenyl ether 
C) m-butylhydroxybenzene 
D) o-butylhydroxybenzene 
E) m-butylphenol 
A) 1-phenoxyethane 
B) ethyl phenyl ether 
C) m-butylhydroxybenzene 
D) o-butylhydroxybenzene 
E) m-butylphenol

Question 6

Provide the structure of the major organic product of the following reaction sequence.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

What is/are the product(s)from the following reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
E) no reaction 
A) I 
B) II 
C) III 
D) IV 
E) no reaction

Question 8

Identify the major product(s)for the reaction.

Accepted Answer

A)    
B)    
C)    
D)    
E)    
A)    
B)    
C)    
D)    
E)

Question 9

Identify the major product for the following reaction.

Accepted Answer

A)    
B)    
C)    
D)    
E)    
A)    
B)    
C)    
D)    
E)

Question 10

Provide the structure of dibenzyl ether.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

What is the major organic product of the reaction shown below?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Provide the major resonance structures of the intermediate sigma complex in the reaction of benzene with the generic electrophile E+.

Accepted Answer

Question 13

Provide a detailed, stepwise mechanism for the reaction of benzene with Br2 and FeBr3. Make sure to include the activating reaction between Br2 and FeBr3 in your mechanism.

Accepted Answer

Question 14

Give the best name for the structure.

Accepted Answer

A) 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene 
B) 1,3,5-triaminotoluene 
C) 1,3,5-trinitrotoluene 
D) 2,4,6-triaminotoluene 
E) 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene 
A) 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene 
B) 1,3,5-triaminotoluene 
C) 1,3,5-trinitrotoluene 
D) 2,4,6-triaminotoluene 
E) 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene

Question 15

What is the major product of the following Friedel-Crafts alkylation?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

What is the major organic product of the reaction shown below?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Provide the structure of benzenesulfonic acid.

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

What is the major organic product of the reaction between benzene and isobutyl chloride in the presence of AlCl3?

Accepted Answer

A) tert-butylbenzene 
B) isobutylbenzene 
C) n-butylbenzene 
D) chlorobenzene 
E) sec-butylbenzene 
A) tert-butylbenzene 
B) isobutylbenzene 
C) n-butylbenzene 
D) chlorobenzene 
E) sec-butylbenzene

Question 19

Which of the following structures is the most important contributor to the resonance hybrid formed when toluene undergoes para nitration?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Provide the major organic product(s)of the reaction below.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 19: Reactions of Benzene and Substituted Benzenes

Does cycloheptatriene have a higher or lower pKa than cyclopentadiene? Explain.

What is the name of the following compound?

Identify the best product for the following reaction.

Provide the structure of the major mononitration product(s)of the compound below.

What is the proper name of the compound below?

Provide the structure of the major organic product of the following reaction sequence.

What is/are the product(s)from the following reaction?

Identify the major product(s)for the reaction.

Identify the major product for the following reaction.

Provide the structure of dibenzyl ether.

What is the major organic product of the reaction shown below?

Provide the major resonance structures of the intermediate sigma complex in the reaction of benzene with the generic electrophile E+.

Provide a detailed, stepwise mechanism for the reaction of benzene with Br2 and FeBr3. Make sure to include the activating reaction between Br2 and FeBr3 in your mechanism.

Give the best name for the structure.

What is the major product of the following Friedel-Crafts alkylation?

What is the major organic product of the reaction shown below?

Provide the structure of benzenesulfonic acid.

What is the major organic product of the reaction between benzene and isobutyl chloride in the presence of AlCl3?

Which of the following structures is the most important contributor to the resonance hybrid formed when toluene undergoes para nitration?

Provide the major organic product(s)of the reaction below.

Remembering General Chemistry: Electronic Structure and Bonding

Acids and Bases: Central to Understanding Organic Chemistry

An Introduction to Organic Compounds

Isomers: the Arrangement of Atoms in Space

Alkenes Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Reactions of Alkenes

Reactions of Alkynes Introduction to Multistep Synthesis

Electron Delocalization, Resonance, and Aromaticity More About Molecular Orbital Theory

Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides

Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides Competition Between Substitution and Elimination

Reactions of Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfur-Containing Compounds

Organometallic Compounds

Reactions of Alkanes, Radicals

Mass Spectrometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, and Uvvis Spectroscopy

Nmr Spectroscopy

Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones

Reactions at the Alpha Carbon of Carbonyl Compounds

More About Amines Heterocylic Compounds

Carbohydrates

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Catalysis

The Organic Mechanisms of the Coenzymes

The Chemistry of Metabolism

Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids

Synthetic Polymers

Pericyclic Reactions

Filters

Provide the major resonance structures of the intermediate sigma complex in the reaction of benzene with the generic electrophile E⁺.

Provide a detailed, stepwise mechanism for the reaction of benzene with Br₂ and FeBr₃. Make sure to include the activating reaction between Br₂ and FeBr₃ in your mechanism.

What is the major organic product of the reaction between benzene and isobutyl chloride in the presence of AlCl₃?