Question 1

Which alcohol is found in alcoholic beverages?

Accepted Answer

A) methyl alcohol 
B) ethyl alcohol 
C) denatured alcohol 
D) wood alcohol

Question 2

Which compound would be the most soluble in water?

Accepted Answer

A) CH3-O-CH2-CH2-CH3 
B) CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3 
C) CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3 
D) CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-OH

Question 3

Which of the following is used in automobile antifreeze?

Accepted Answer

A) ethylene glycol 
B) glycerol 
C) ethyl alcohol 
D) isopropyl alcohol

Question 4

Those persons who are allergic to the sap of the poison ivy plant are responding to a phenol,urushiol.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the correct IUPAC name for the following compound?

Accepted Answer

A) 3-methylpentanol 
B) 2-ethyl-1-butanol 
C) 2-ethylbutanol 
D) 1-ethyl-2-butanol

Question 6

One reason that a person taking antidepressants should not consume alcoholic beverages,is that alcohol is also a depressant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The phenol in poison ivy sap that causes the skin on some people to blister is?

Accepted Answer

A) urushiol 
B) safrole 
C) o-phenylphenol 
D) hyoxylresorcinol

Question 8

Disulfides are easily oxidized to thiols.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following compounds would you expect to be foul smelling?

Accepted Answer

A) CH3CH2CH2OH 
B) CH3CH2CH2SH 
C) CH3CH2CH2CH3 
D) CH3CH2CH2CHO

Question 10

What is the organic product of the following reaction.

Accepted Answer

A)   
B)   
C)   
D) No reaction

Question 11

Mercaptan is another name for a thiol.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following would be only very slightly soluble in water?

Accepted Answer

A) 1-propanol 
B) 2-propanol 
C) 1,5-pentanediol 
D) 1-hexanol

Question 13

How can the solubility of alcohols be estimated?

Accepted Answer

A) number of alcohol groups 
B) number of secondary carbons 
C) ratio of hydroxyl groups to carbons 
D) number of side chains

Question 14

Which of the following is produced in the reaction below?

Accepted Answer

A) CH3CH2SSCH2CH3 
B) CH3CH2SHgSCH2CH3 
C) CH3CH2HgCH2CH3 
D) HSHgSH

Question 15

Vitamin E is important in the areas of antioxidants,sexual function,skin tone,and hair aging.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Predict the major product of the following reaction.

Accepted Answer

A)   
B)   
C)   
D)

Question 17

Oxidation of a tertiary alcohol will produce a(n)____.

Accepted Answer

A) ketone 
B) aldehyde 
C) carboxylic acid 
D) no reaction

Question 18

An infant with fetal alcohol syndrome could exhibit which of the following characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A) thin upper lip 
B) short nasal bridge 
C) mental retardation 
D) all of the choices

Question 19

One of the original anesthetics,diethyl ether has been replaced by more suitable substances.Of the many reasons,which of the following properties of ethers would account for it no longer being used in modern operating rooms?

Accepted Answer

A) lack of hydrogen bonding 
B) high volatility 
C) flammability 
D) peroxide formation

Question 20

Secondary alcohols are usually oxidized to aldehydes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Alcohols, phenols, and Ethers

Which alcohol is found in alcoholic beverages?

Which compound would be the most soluble in water?

Which of the following is used in automobile antifreeze?

Those persons who are allergic to the sap of the poison ivy plant are responding to a phenol,urushiol.

What is the correct IUPAC name for the following compound?

One reason that a person taking antidepressants should not consume alcoholic beverages,is that alcohol is also a depressant.

The phenol in poison ivy sap that causes the skin on some people to blister is?

Disulfides are easily oxidized to thiols.

Which of the following compounds would you expect to be foul smelling?

What is the organic product of the following reaction.

Mercaptan is another name for a thiol.

Which of the following would be only very slightly soluble in water?

How can the solubility of alcohols be estimated?

Which of the following is produced in the reaction below?

Vitamin E is important in the areas of antioxidants,sexual function,skin tone,and hair aging.

Predict the major product of the following reaction.

Oxidation of a tertiary alcohol will produce a(n) ____.

An infant with fetal alcohol syndrome could exhibit which of the following characteristics?

One of the original anesthetics,diethyl ether has been replaced by more suitable substances.Of the many reasons,which of the following properties of ethers would account for it no longer being used in modern operating rooms?

Secondary alcohols are usually oxidized to aldehydes.