Organic Chemistry Questions
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For bicyclic compounds, it is not possible for a bridgehead carbon to possess a C=C double bond is it involves...
When drawing a curved arrow, always start on something representing a ______________ (negative charge, lone pair, bond), and end at the point where the electrons are moving to
For an SN2 reaction to occur there must be a backside approach (with respect to the leaving group) from the nucleophile. If the access to the backside of the molecule is inaccessible then it is most likely a ________ base exhibiting steric hindrance.
Because SN2 reactions involve a nucleophile in the rate-determining step, the better the nucleophile...
In general, strong (charged) nucleophiles favor which reaction?
Which of the following oxidative transformations is unlikely to occur?A. primary alcohol to an aldehydeB. tertiary alcohol to a ketoneC. An aldehyde to a carboxylic acidD. A secondary alcohol to a ketone
the more electron density on a Nitrogen, the more/less basic it is
How many factors determine the rate of reaction in the zeroth order differential rate law?
which functional group do all monomers undergoing addition polymerization have in common?
Which class of reactions is collision theory poorly suited for?
Which of the following is famously catalyzed by a homogenous catalyst?
Polysaccharides (polymerized sugars) are formed from what kind of bonds?
Amino acids make polypeptides that make...
Carboxylic acids combine with hydrocarbons to make...
Organic polymers: ___ and ____ are condensation, others are addition
Monosaccharides combine to make polysaccharides to form...
sulfides that undergo oxidation have what as their products?
(base-catalyzed) in an unsymmetrical epoxide the nucleophile attacks what?
a strong nucleophile (NU-) attacks what type of carbon?
with an acid HZ the nucleophile attacks what type of carbon?