
Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation: The product of the electrocyclic reaction should be predicted.
Concept Introduction : Electrocyclic reactions are caused by either photochemical or thermal conditions. The disrotatory and conrotatory closure of the ring depends on the number of
Thermal | Photochemical | |
Four | Conrotatory | Disrotatory |
Six | Disrotatory | Conrotatory |
(b)
Interpretation: The product of the electrocyclic reaction should be predicted.
Concept Introduction : Electrocyclic reactions are caused by either photochemical or thermal conditions. The disrotatory and conrotatory closure of the ring depends on the number of
Thermal | Photochemical | |
Four | Conrotatory | Disrotatory |
Six | Disrotatory | Conrotatory |
(c)
Interpretation: The product of the electrocyclic reaction should be predicted.
Concept Introduction : Electrocyclic reactions are caused by either photochemical or thermal conditions. The disrotatory and conrotatory closure of the ring depends on the number of
Thermal | Photochemical | |
Four | Conrotatory | Disrotatory |
Six | Disrotatory | Conrotatory |

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- Which region(s) of the following phospholipid is/are hydrophobic? RO I hydro-water phobic-dislikes = Hydrophobic dislikes water ○ I only Il only I and III only II and IV only O II, III, and IV only III || IVarrow_forwardPredict the product of the following reactions: O 0= excess Х Кон ОН H+ H+ Iarrow_forwardHow many chiral centers/stereocenters are there in the following molecule? 1 2 3 4arrow_forward
- Which of these correspond to the molecule: 2,5-dimethylheptanearrow_forwardGiven the following data, determine the order of the reaction with respect to H2. H2(g) + 21Cl(g) → I2(g) + 2HCl(g) Experiment [H2] (torr) [ICI] (torr) Rate (M/s) 1 250 325 0.266 2 250 81 0.0665 3 50 325 0.266arrow_forwardWhich one of the following molecules is chiral? H- NH₂ H3C དང་།་ OH H HO H₂N HO- -H CHO -OH H HO- OH H- -H CH₂OH OHarrow_forward
- The structure of an unsaturated phospholipid is shown below. Which region of the molecule is most hydrophilic ? H₂N-CH₂ H₂C IV CH3 CH3 hydro-water philic-likes = Hydrophilic likes water ○ IV All regions are equally hydrophilic. IIIarrow_forwardWhich of the following compounds would you most appropriately call hydrophobic? ○ CH4 H2CO CO HCI ○ NaClarrow_forwardWhich of the following triglycerides would you most expect to be a liquid at room temperature? saturated fat trans monounsaturated fat trans polyunsaturated fat cis monounsaturated fat ○ cis polyunsaturated fatarrow_forward
- Organic ChemistryChemistryISBN:9781305580350Author:William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. FootePublisher:Cengage Learning

