Organic Chemistry II
	Professor Carl C. Wamser
Chem 335 - Winter 2007	Pre-Quiz 14

(must be done in WebCT before Fri., Feb. 9, 8:30 am)

1. Which of the following would NOT be classified as an organometallic compound?

a. sodium acetylide  
b. methyllithium  
* c. potassium tert-butoxide  
d. benzylmagnesium bromide  
e. ferrocene

2. The strongest acid among the C-H bonds listed below is

a. 1°  
b. 2°  
c. 3°  
d. methyl  
* e. phenyl

3. A tertiary alcohol can be made by addition of a Grignard reagent to

a. an aldehyde  
* b. a ketone  
c. a secondary alkyl halide  
d. a disubstituted alkene  
e. a secondary alcohol

4. Cyclopropanation is a reaction typical of

a. a Grignard reagent  
* b. an epoxide  
* c. a carbene  
d. a Ziegler-Natta catalyst  
e. a Gilman reagent

5. In news too recent to be in your current textbook (although the chemistry is), a Nobel Prize was awarded to Richard Schrock and Robert Grubbs for transition metal chemistry that accomplishes

a. coordination polymerization  
* b. olefin metathesis  
c. carbene cycloadditions  
d. alkane coupling reactions  
e. sandwich compounds