Organic Chemistry I

Chem 334 - Fall 2011

Pre-Quiz 6

Professor Carl C. Wamser

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1. Heats of hydrogenation indicate that the most stable isomer below is

a) 1-butene

b) cis-2-butene

* c) trans-2-butene

d) cyclobutene

2. According to Markovnikov's Rule, addition of HX to an alkene will add the X to the

a) less substituted carbon

* b) more substituted carbon

c) either carbon

d) neither carbon

3. The major product expected upon addition of HI to 1-methylcyclopentene is

* a) 1-iodo-1-methylcyclopentane

b) cis-1-iodo-2-methylcyclopentane

c) trans-1-iodo-2-methylcyclopentane

d) 1-iodo-2-methylcyclopentene

4. Ozonolysis of cyclopentene will give

a) an alcohol

b) a diol

* c) a dialdehyde

d) a carboxylic acid

5. In the peroxide-initiated polymerization of ethylene, the intermediates in the reaction are

a) primary carbocations

b) primary carbanions

* c) primary free radicals

d) secondary free radicals