Exam 18: Ketones and Aldehydes

What name is given to the linear polymer which contains many formaldehyde units?

Which of the following compounds would show only one triplet in its off resonance decoupled ¹³C NMR spectrum?

Provide the major organic product which results when PhCHO is treated with the following sequence of reagents:

Why do acetal-forming reactions that use ethylene glycol have more favorable equilibrium constants than those using methanol?

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown below.

Provide the structure of 4-oxohexanoic acid.

Provide a detailed, stepwise mechanism for the acid-catalyzed condensation reaction between cyclohexanone and H₂NOH.

Which is more soluble in water, 2-butanone or n-hexane? Explain.

Provide the IUPAC name for (CH₃)₃CCH₂CHClCH₂CHO.

In the proton NMR spectra of aldehydes and ketones, the protons bonded to carbons adjacent to the carbonyl group typically fall into which of the chemical shift ranges below?

Provide a detailed, stepwise mechanism for the base-catalyzed hydration of 2-butanone.

Draw the ethylene acetal of benzaldehyde.

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown below.

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown below.

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown below.

What intermediate occurs when a ketone undergoes a Wolff-Kishner reduction?

Oxidation of a 1° alcohol with pyridinium chlorochromate results in the production of ________.

Propose a sequence of steps to carry out the following conversion.

Provide the major organic product of the following reaction.

Provide the proper IUPAC name for CH₃CHBrCH₂COCH₂CHO.