Organic Chemistry III |
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Professor Carl C. Wamser |
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Chem 336 - Spring Term |
Chapter 21 Homework Answers |
1. Write all the resonance forms for protonated imidazole. One is shown below.
2. Predict whether the following acid-base equilibria would be more favorable to the right or to the left. Use pKa data from your text.
a)
to the right (aliphatic amines are stronger bases than aromatic amines)
b)
c)
3. Given an optically active sample of 1-amino-1-phenylethane, write a series of reactions that could be used to resolve a racemic mixture of 2-methylbutanoic acid.