Organic Chemistry I |
Pre-Quiz 8 |
Professor Carl C. Wamser |
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1. Which will react fastest in an SN2 mechanism?
a) t-butyl iodide
b) isopropyl bromide
* c) propyl bromide
d) propyl chloride
2. Which will react fastest with 1-iodobutane?
* a) NaBr
b) NaCl
c) NaF
d) H2O
3. The solvolysis of t-butyl bromide in methanol will give as the major product
a) an alkene
b) an alcohol
* c) an ether
d) an alkyl bromide
4. The kinetics of a typical SN1 reaction is described as
* a) first-order
b) second-order
c) zero-order
d) higher-order
5. Starting with (R)-2-iodobutane, reaction with the strong nucleophile CH3SNa is expected to give a product with
a) (R) stereochemistry
* b) (S) stereochemistry
c) racemic stereochemistry
d) no stereochemistry