Organic Chemistry I

Chem 334 - Fall 2010

Pre-Quiz 5

Professor Carl C. Wamser

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1. How many sigma bonds in 2-methyl-2-hexene are created from overlap of sp2-sp3 hybrid orbitals?

a. 1
b. 2
*c. 3
d. 4
e. more than 4

2. The compound below that could exist as E,Z isomers is

a. 1-hexene
b. 2-methyl-1-pentene
c. 2-methyl-2-pentene
*d. 4-methyl-2-pentene

3. Typical conditions for catalyzing an E1 elimination from an alcohol are

a. heat or light
b. NaOH
*c. H2SO4

4. In order to accomplish an E2 elimination from an alkyl halide, the H and the X that are eliminated must be

a. on the same carbon
b. on adjacent carbons and eclipsed with one another
c. on adjacent carbons and gauche to one another
*d. on adjacent carbons and anti to one another

5. The Zaitsev Rule would predict that the preferred product from dehydration of cis-2-methylcyclohexanol would be

a. cyclohexene
*b. 1-methylcyclohexene
c. 2-methylcyclohexene
d. 3-methylcyclohexene
e. 4-methylcyclohexene