
Chemistry 331 - Winter 1996
Elements of Organic Chemistry I

Quiz, Chapter 7 - Alkyl Halides
1. (5 points) Starting from methylcyclopropane, write names and structures
for all the different monochlorination products that would be expected from
free radical chlorination with Cl2 and light. Indicate the ones that would
be chiral, and indicate whether they would be expected to be racemic or
not.
2. (5 points) (R)-2-bromobutane is reacted with various nucleophiles of
general structure RO-.
Possible mechanisms for reaction include SN1, SN2, E2, and E1.
For each of those four possibilities, indicate:
a) what product you would expect, and
b) how you could tell whether that particular mechanism was followed.
SN1:
SN2:
E2:
E1: