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Assignment 2
PTT 102 Organic Chemistry 1
Sem 1 2012/2013
Submission Date: 13 Dec 2012
1) Provide the structure of the major organic product in the reaction below.
2) Provide the structure of the major organic product of the following reaction.
3) What is the product of the following reaction?
4) Which of the following alcohols, when heated with H2SO4, will undergo dehydration
more rapidly? Explain.
5) Propose a detailed, step-by-step mechanism for the reaction pathway shown below.
6) Draw all likely products of the following reaction and circle the product you expect to
predominate.
7) Name the following compounds.
8) What is the common name for the following compounds?
9) Which of the following alcohols can be prepared by the reaction of methyl formate with
excess Grignard reagent?
A) 1-pentanol
B) 2-pentanol
C) 3-pentanol
D) 2-methyl-2-pentanol
E) 3-methyl-3-pentanol
10) What reagent(s) would you use to accomplish the following conversion?
11) The base-catalyzed reaction of 1 mole of acetone with 2 moles of benzaldehyde yields a
yellow solid, C17H14O. What is the structure of the product?
b)
What will be the result when only 1 mole of benzaldehyde is added?
c)
What will be the result when acetone is not added at all?