Chemistry 332 - Spring 1996
Elements of Organic Chemistry II
Quiz, Chapter 12 - Amines
Take-Home Quiz
Due Tuesday, May 14, 1996, 4:30 pm (at the start of class)
Your Name __________________
1. (7 points) A typical azo dye is shown below. Develop a synthetic sequence
for this compound, starting with benzene (and methyl iodide) as your only
source of carbon.
2. (3 points) Glycine (2-aminoethanoic acid) is the simplest of the natural
amino acids. Using the pKa data on page 444 of your text, write the structure
of glycine as it would appear in aqueous solution at pH values between 1
and 14.
(i.e., between pH x and y it would look like .... , between y and z ......
)