Organic Chemistry II

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Chem 335 - Winter Term

Quiz 11

1.  (1 point)  Write the structure of  2-nitro-4-phenylbenzoic acid.


2.  (3 points)  Complete the following reactions by adding the missing part:  either the necessary reagents and conditions or the final major product.

a)

b)


3.  (3 points)  Write all the expected resonance forms for the cation shown below.
Would this be aromatic, nonaromatic, or antiaromatic?  (underline one)


4.  (3 points)  From the compound below, only one of the two Br atoms ionizes readily.  Write all the resonance forms for the carbocation expected.