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Study Guide Exam 3
Exam 3, on Tuesday May 22nd, will cover sections 14.4 to 14.6 of chapter 14 and all of
chapters 16. The exam is an open lecture and lab note but closed textbook exam. You do
not need to rely on memorization as much but have the ability to solve the problems and
use provided information. Quizzes, homework problems, practice exam, and the active
learning exercises are indicative of the type of questions you will be asked.
You are responsible for material covered both in the textbook and in the lectures.
Generally, you need to be proficient in naming carboxylic acids and esters and draw their
structural formulas. You will need to be very familiar with reactions of alcohols, phenols,
ethers, and thiols in addition to reactions of aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids.
You are expected to know how to synthesize organic products involving reactions we
have thus far learned and predict products from starting material. You do need to know
the physical properties of the functional groups covered on the tested chapters.
Topics you will be tested on are:
You will be tested on your understanding of material concepts and the ideas we learned
in chapter 14 (14.4-14.6) and chapter 16.
Naming carboxylic acids and esters
Writing structural formulas
o Condensed
structural
formulas
o Expanded structural formulas
o Line-bond formulas
o Going from one structural
formula to another (e.g. from
line-bond to condensed or the
opposite)
o Structural isomers
Physical property of carboxylic acids
and esters
Reactions of carboxylic acids and
esters
Reactions of aldehydes and ketones,
in addition to those involving
alkanes and alkenes
Ability to predict major organic
products from starting material
Ability to come up with synthetic
routes for given organic products
Material learned in earlier chapters is
still relevant
Much of these are skills you have learned in lecture, covered by your homework
problems, quizzes, group activity exercises, and active learning exercises. As such, you
ought to be adept in these topics and very familiar with them.