Chem 334 - Fall 2001
Organic Chemistry I
Dr. Carl C. Wamser

Chapter 5 Pre-Quiz

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1. Tetramethylethylene is a common name. The IUPAC name would be

1) 3-hexene

2) 1,1,2,2-tetramethylethene

3) 2,2,3,3-tetramethyl-2-butene

* 4) 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene

5) none of the above

2. The most stable alkene in the list below is

1) 1-hexene

2) 2-hexene

3) 3-hexene

4) 2-methyl-1-pentene

* 5) 2-methyl-2-pentene

3. The Zaitsev Rule allows prediction of

* 1) the preferred regiochemistry of elimination

2) the preferred stereochemistry of elimination

3) the most stable carbocation intermediate

4) the most reactive alkene

5) the preferred carbocation rearrangement

4. Anti elimination is a required component of what mechanism?

1) E1

* 2) E2

3) SN1

4) SN2

5) none of the above

5. The longest bond in 1,3-butadiene will be

1) a C-H bond

2) the C1-C2 bond

* 3) the C2-C3 bond