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Chapter 17, Problem 50P
Number the following compounds in order of increasing pKa value. (Number the most acidic compound 1.)
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Identify the most and the least acidic compound in each of the following sets.
Leave the remaining answer in each set blank.
a) 2,4-dinitrobenzoic acid:
v p-nitrobenzoic acid:
p-bromobenzoic acid:
b) benzoic acid:
v formic acid:
v propanoic acid:
c) cyclohexanol:
v phenol:
v benzoic acid:
Identify the most and the least basic compound in each of the following sets.
Leave the remaining answer in each set blank.
a) Lithium ethoxide:
v Lithium diisopropylamide:
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b) Sodium chloride:
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Chapter 17 Solutions
EBK ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 1PCh. 17.1 - Prob. 2PCh. 17.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 17.1 - Prob. 4PCh. 17.1 - Rank the compounds in each of the following groups...Ch. 17.2 - Explain why 92% of 2,4-pemtanedione exists as the...Ch. 17.3 - Draw the enol tautomers for each of the following...Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 8PCh. 17.4 - Prob. 9PCh. 17.4 - Prob. 10P
Ch. 17.5 - Show how the following compounds can be prepared...Ch. 17.6 - What compound is formed when a dilute solution of...Ch. 17.7 - Prob. 13PCh. 17.7 - Prob. 14PCh. 17.7 - How many stereoisomers are obtained from each of...Ch. 17.7 - Prob. 16PCh. 17.8 - Prob. 17PCh. 17.9 - Prob. 18PCh. 17.9 - What reagents should be used to prepare the...Ch. 17.10 - Prob. 20PCh. 17.10 - What aldehyde or ketone would be obtained when...Ch. 17.11 - Prob. 22PCh. 17.11 - How could you prepare the following compound using...Ch. 17.12 - Prob. 25PCh. 17.12 - What two carbonyl compound are required for the...Ch. 17.12 - Propose a mechanism for the following reaction:Ch. 17.13 - Draw the products of the following reactions:Ch. 17.13 - Prob. 29PCh. 17.13 - Prob. 30PCh. 17.14 - Prob. 31PCh. 17.15 - Write the mechanism for the reaction of a...Ch. 17.15 - Prob. 33PCh. 17.15 - Prob. 34PCh. 17.15 - Draw the product of the reaction of each of the...Ch. 17.16 - Draw the product obtained by heating each pair of...Ch. 17.16 - What two carbonyl compounds are needed to...Ch. 17.17 - Prob. 38PCh. 17.18 - Prob. 39PCh. 17.18 - Prob. 40PCh. 17.19 - Prob. 41PCh. 17.20 - Prob. 43PCh. 17.21 - Propose a mechanism for the formation of...Ch. 17.21 - Prob. 45PCh. 17.21 - a. If the biosynthesis of palmitic acid were...Ch. 17.21 - Prob. 47PCh. 17 - Prob. 48PCh. 17 - Prob. 49PCh. 17 - Number the following compounds in order of...Ch. 17 - The 1H NMR chemical shifts of nitromethane,...Ch. 17 - Prob. 52PCh. 17 - Draw the products of the following reactions: a....Ch. 17 - A racemic mixture of 2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-butanone...Ch. 17 - Draw the products of the following reaction:Ch. 17 - Prob. 56PCh. 17 - Prob. 57PCh. 17 - In the presence of excess base and excess halogen,...Ch. 17 - Identify A-L. (Hint: A shows three singles in its...Ch. 17 - Using cyclopentanone as the reactant, show the...Ch. 17 - Show how 4-methyl-3-hexanol can be synthesized...Ch. 17 - Show how the following compound can be synthesized...Ch. 17 - Show how the following compounds can be prepared...Ch. 17 - Prob. 64PCh. 17 - Prob. 65PCh. 17 - Indicate how each of the following compounds can...Ch. 17 - Prob. 67PCh. 17 - The ketone whose 1H NMR spectrum is shown here was...Ch. 17 - Indicate how the following compounds can be...Ch. 17 - Compound A with molecular formula C6H10 has two...Ch. 17 - Prob. 71PCh. 17 - Draw the products of the following reactions:Ch. 17 - Prob. 73PCh. 17 - a. Show how the amino acid alanine can be...Ch. 17 - Show how the following compounds can be...Ch. 17 - Prob. 76PCh. 17 - Explain why the following bromoketone forms...Ch. 17 - Prob. 78PCh. 17 - A carboxylic arid is formed when an -haloketone...Ch. 17 - An , -unsaturated carbonyl compound can be...Ch. 17 - What carbonyl compounds are required to prepare a...Ch. 17 - Prob. 82PCh. 17 - A Cannizzaro reaction is the reaction of an...Ch. 17 - Propose a mechanism for each of the following...Ch. 17 - The following reaction is known as the benzoni...Ch. 17 - Prob. 86PCh. 17 - Prob. 87PCh. 17 - Prob. 88PCh. 17 - Prob. 89PCh. 17 - Prob. 90PCh. 17 - Propose a mechanism for the following reaction:Ch. 17 - What reagents are required to convert the reactant...Ch. 17 - Starting with bromocyclohexane, how can each of...Ch. 17 - Describe how the following compounds can be...Ch. 17 - Prob. 4PCh. 17 - Describe three ways to synthesize the following...Ch. 17 - Explain why 92% of 2.4-pentanedione exists as the...Ch. 17 - Describe how the following compound can be...Ch. 17 - Prob. 8PCh. 17 - Prob. 9PCh. 17 - Prob. 10PCh. 17 - Show how the following compounds can be...
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