Organic Chemistry I |
Pre-Quiz 8 |
Professor Carl C. Wamser |
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Organic Chemistry I |
Pre-Quiz 8 |
Professor Carl C. Wamser |
You must log on to Blackboard to submit your answers.
Your answers must be submitted before 8:30 am, Wed., Nov. 19
1. The compound LEAST likely to act as a nucleophile is
a. NaOH
b. NaI
c. H2O
* d. Cl2
e. KBr
2. The compound that would be MOST reactive in an SN2 mechanism would be
* a. methyl iodide
b. methyl chloride
c. ethyl iodide
d. ethyl chloride
e. tert-butyl iodide
f. tert-butyl chloride
3. The compound that would be MOST reactive in an SN1 mechanism would be
a. methyl iodide
b. methyl chloride
c. ethyl iodide
d. ethyl chloride
* e. tert-butyl iodide
f. tert-butyl chloride
4. Which of the following would be described as a polar, aprotic solvent?
a. water
b. ethanol
* c. acetonitrile
d. acetic acid
5. During the SN1 substitution of 2-bromo-2-methylpentane in methanol solvent, the major product is expected to be
a. 2-bromo-2-methoxypentane
* b. 2-methoxy-2-methylpentane
c. 2-methylpentan-2-ol
d. 3-methylpentan-2-ol