Organic Chemistry
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Professor Carl C. Wamser

Chem 334 - Fall 2003

Quiz 5

1. (4 points) Give complete names for the following compounds :

a)

5-cyclopropyl-1,5-dimethylcyclopentene

b)

(E)-2-isobutyl-4-methyl-1,3-hexadiene

(E)-4-methyl-2-(2-methylpropyl)-1,3-hexadiene

2. (2 points) Show the structure of the expected major product from the following reaction.

3. (4 points) 2,2-Dibromobutane undergoes dehydrohalogenation with KOH in ethanol to give a mixture of E- and Z-2-bromo-2-butene.
Write out this reaction showing all the structures.


Write Newman diagrams to illustrate the conformations that would lead to each product.