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Final Exam Study Guide (CHE 102, Spring 2007)
The final exam, on Tuesday June 12th, is a comprehensive exam. It is
open to lecture and lab notes but closed to chemistry textbooks. 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 exams, exams one to three, and the active learning
exercises are indicative of the type of questions you will be asked. You
do need a calculator and a copy of the period table will be available to
you.
You are responsible for material covered both in the textbook and in
the lectures. Generally, you need to be proficient in naming organic
compounds and draw their structural formulas. You will need to be
very familiar with the organic reactions we have studies over the
course, including those of alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, phenols, ethers,
thiols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amines and amides.
You are expected to know how to synthesize organic products
involving the reactions we have learned and predict products from
starting material.
Here is a general study guide for each chapter to help you focus as you
get ready for the final. Since what you will not be tested on is minimal
versus the testable material, I first list two areas that you don’t need to
study and you won’t be tested on:
How to draw structural formulas of monomers that form a
polymer or a three-monomer section of a polymer (from
chapter 12).
Fisher Projections (chapter 14)
Everything else is a fair game.
Chapter Specific Study Guide
Chapter 11
Identify properties characteristic of organic or inorganic
compounds.
Write the IUPAC names and structural formulas for
alkanes.
Write the IUPAC names for alkanes with substituents.
Identify the properties of alkanes and write a balanced
equation for combustion.
Classify organic molecules according to their functional
groups.
Chapter 12
Write the IUPAC names for alkenes and alkynes; give
common names for simple structures.
Write the structural formulas and names for constitutional
cis-trans isomers of alkenes.
Write the structural formulas and names for the organic
products of addition reactions of alkenes and alkynes.
Describe the bonding in benzene; name aromatic
compounds, and write their structural formulas.
Describe the physical and chemical properties of aromatic
compounds; draw structural formulas produced by
substitution of benzene.
Chapter 13
Give IUPAC and common names for alcohols, phenols,
and Thiols; draw their condensed structural formulas.
Give the IUPAC names of ethers; draw the condensed
structural formula.
Describe some physical properties of alcohols, phenols,
and ethers.
Write equations for combustion, dehydration, and
oxidation of alcohols.
Chapter 14
Identify compounds with the carbonyl group as aldehydes
and ketones; give the IUPAC and common names for
aldehydes and ketones; draw their condensed structural
formulas.
Compare the boiling points and solubility of aldehydes
and ketones to those of alkanes and alcohols.
Draw the structural formulas of reactants and products for
the oxidation or reduction of aldehydes and ketones.
Write the products of the addition of alcohols to
aldehydes and ketones.
Identify chiral and achiral carbon atoms in an organic
molecule.
Chapter 16
Give the common names, IUPAC names and condensed
structural formulas of carboxylic acids.
Describe the boiling points, solubility and ionization of
carboxylic acids in water.
Name an ester; write equations for the formation and
hydrolysis of an ester.
Write the IUPAC and common names for esters; draw
condensed structural formulas.
Describe the boiling points and solubility of esters. Draw
the condensed structural formulas of the hydrolysis
products.
Chapter 18
Classify amines as primary, secondary, or tertiary. Name
amines using common and IUPAC names; draw the
condensed structures given the names.
Describe the boiling points and solubility of amines; write
equations for the neutralization of amines.
Identify heterocyclic amines; distinguish between the
types of heterocyclic amines.
Write the amide products of amidation and give their
common and IUPAC names.
Write the equations for the hydrolysis of amides.
Supplemental Material
Name compounds that contain alkene and alkyne
functionality in addition to their main functional group
Combine reactions in all chapters to form new organic
products).
Saponification and other lab techniques (review these)
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.