EBK ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Chapter 3, Problem 68P
For rotation about the C-3—C-4 bond of 2-methylhexane, do the following:
- a. Draw the Newman projection of the most stable conformer.
- b. Draw the Newman projection of the least stable conformer.
- c. About which other carbon-carbon bonds may rotation occur?
- d. How many of the carbon bonds in the compound have staggered conformers that are all equally stable?
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Ch. 3.1 - Name each of the following:Ch. 3.1 - Draw the structure of a compound with molecular...Ch. 3.1 - Draw the structures and name the four...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 6PCh. 3.1 - Draw the structure for each of the following: a....Ch. 3.1 - Name the following compounds: a. CH3OCH2CH3 b....Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 11PCh. 3.2 - Prob. 12PCh. 3.3 - Prob. 13PCh. 3.3 - Prob. 14P
Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 15PCh. 3.3 - Prob. 16PCh. 3.3 - What is each compounds systematic name?Ch. 3.4 - Give two names for each of the following alkyl...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 19PCh. 3.5 - a. What is each ethers systematic name? 1....Ch. 3.6 - Draw the structures of a homologous series of...Ch. 3.6 - Give each of the following a systematic name and...Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 23PCh. 3.6 - Prob. 24PCh. 3.7 - Are the following compounds primary, secondary, or...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 26PCh. 3.7 - Prob. 27PCh. 3.7 - For each of the following, give the systematic...Ch. 3.8 - Predict the approximate size of the following bond...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 30PCh. 3.9 - Prob. 31PCh. 3.9 - Prob. 32PCh. 3.9 - Rank the following compounds from highest boiling...Ch. 3.9 - Rank the compounds in each set from highest...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 35PCh. 3.9 - In which solvent would cyclohexane have the lowest...Ch. 3.10 - a. Draw all the staggered and eclipsed conformers...Ch. 3.10 - Prob. 38PCh. 3.10 - Using Newman projections, draw the most stable...Ch. 3.11 - The bond angles in a regular polygon with n sides...Ch. 3.11 - Prob. 41PCh. 3.11 - Prob. 42PCh. 3.12 - Draw 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocydohexane with a. all...Ch. 3.13 - The chair conformer of fluorocyclohexane is 0.25...Ch. 3.13 - Using the data in Table 3.9, calculate the...Ch. 3.14 - Prob. 46PCh. 3.14 - Which has a higher percentage of the...Ch. 3.14 - For each of the following disubstituted...Ch. 3.14 - a. Calculate the energy difference between the two...Ch. 3 - a. How many hydrogen does an alkene with 17...Ch. 3 - Draw the structure of octane and isooctaneCh. 3 - Draw a condensed structure and a skeletal...Ch. 3 - Prob. 53PCh. 3 - a. What is each compounds systematic name? b. Draw...Ch. 3 - Which of the following represents a cis isomer?Ch. 3 - a. How many primary carbons does each of the...Ch. 3 - Which of the following conformers of isobutyl...Ch. 3 - Draw a skeletal structure for an alkane that has...Ch. 3 - What is each compounds systematic name? a....Ch. 3 - Which bus a. the higher boiling point:...Ch. 3 - a. Draw Newman projections of the two conformers...Ch. 3 - Ansaid and Motrin belong to the group of drugs...Ch. 3 - Prob. 63PCh. 3 - A student was given the structural formulas of...Ch. 3 - Which of the following conformers has the highest...Ch. 3 - Prob. 66PCh. 3 - Prob. 67PCh. 3 - For rotation about the C-3C-4 bond of...Ch. 3 - Prob. 69PCh. 3 - What is each compounds systematic name? a. b. c....Ch. 3 - Prob. 71PCh. 3 - Why are lower molecular weight alcohols more...Ch. 3 - a. Draw a potential energy diagram for rotation...Ch. 3 - For each of the following compound, determine...Ch. 3 - How many ethers have molecular formula C5H12O?...Ch. 3 - Draw the most stable conformer of the following...Ch. 3 - What is each compounds systematic name?Ch. 3 - Calculate the energy difference between the two...Ch. 3 - The most stable from of glucose (blood sugar) is a...Ch. 3 - Prob. 80PCh. 3 - Explain the following: a. 1-Hexanol has a higher...Ch. 3 - One of the chair conformers of cis-...Ch. 3 - Bromine is a larger atom than chlorine, but the...Ch. 3 - Name the following compounds:Ch. 3 - Prob. 85PCh. 3 - Using the data obtained in Problem 85, calculate...
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