Organic Chemistry II

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Chem 335 - Winter 2007

Quiz 18

1. (2 points) Write all the resonance forms for the enolate anion of the compound below. Ignore E,Z isomers.


2. (2 points) Write structures for all of the possible enols (including E,Z isomers) of the compound below:


3. (4 points) Write mechanisms for both of the reactions shown below - the aldol addition and the dehydration. Show all steps and all resonance forms.


4. (2 points) Each of the compounds shown below are products of an aldol condensation. Show the compounds that would have reacted to give these products.