Organic Chemistry III
	Professor Carl C. Wamser
	Chapter 19 Pre-Quiz	Chem 336 - Spring 2005

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

1. Oleic acid is a carboxylic acid with with a total of X carbons and a double bond at position Y. X and Y are

a. 14 , 7  
b. 16 , 8  
c. 16 , 7  
d. 18 , 8  
* e. 18 , 9  
f. 18 , 10  
g. 20 , 10

2. The boiling point of a carboxylic acid, compared to an alcohol with the same number of carbons will be

a. about the same  
* b. higher  
c. lower

3. When mevalonic acid forms a cyclic ester, the result is

* a. a delta lactone  
b. a gamma lactone  
c. a delta lactam  
d. a gamma lactam  
e. a hemiacetal

4. Treatment of acetic acid in the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction will give a compound that is

a. an ester  
b. an alcohol  
c. a lactone  
* d. an alkyl halide  
e. a ketone  
f. an aldehyde

5. Which of the following substituents would create the greatest increase in the acidity of benzoic acid?

a. p-CH3  
b. m-CH3  
c. o-CH3  
d. p-F  
e. m-F  
* f. o-F