Chemistry 332 - Winter 1997

Homework - Chapter 12

McMurry, pp 375-377:

Problems 12.24-30, 32, 38-40, 50


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)

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.