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Chapter 4, Problem 4.54P
(a) Draw the anti and gauche conformations for ethylene glycol
is unusual in that the gauche conformation is more stable than the anti conformation. Offer an explanation.
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Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.1PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.2PCh. 4 - (a) Classify the carbon atoms in each compound as...Ch. 4 - Problem 3.3 Classify a carbon atom by the number...Ch. 4 - Problem 4.3 Draw the five constitutional isomers...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.6PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.7PCh. 4 - Draw the five constitutional isomers that have...Ch. 4 - Give the IUPAC name for each compound. a. c. b. ...Ch. 4 - Give the IUPAC name for each compound. a....
Ch. 4 - Problem 4.9 Give the structure corresponding to...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.12PCh. 4 - Give the IUPAC name for each compound.Ch. 4 - Give the structure corresponding to each IUPAC...Ch. 4 - Arrange the following compounds in order of...Ch. 4 - Problem 4.14 Draw the staggered and eclipsed...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.17PCh. 4 - a.Draw the three staggered and three eclipsed...Ch. 4 - Problem 4.19 Consider rotation around the...Ch. 4 - Calculate the destabilization present in each...Ch. 4 - Problem 4.21 Classify the ring carbons as up or...Ch. 4 - Draw a second chair conformation for each...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.23PCh. 4 - Problem 4.25 Draw the structure for each compound...Ch. 4 - For cis-1, 3-diethylcyclobutane, draw a a...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.26PCh. 4 - Problem 4.28 Consider .
Draw structures f or the...Ch. 4 - Problem 4.29 Draw a chair conformation of...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.29PCh. 4 - Draw the products of each combustion reaction.Ch. 4 - Explain why beeswax is insoluble in H2O, slightly...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.32PCh. 4 - Name each alkane using the ball-and-stick model,...Ch. 4 - Consider the substituted cyclohexane shown in the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.35PCh. 4 - 3.31 For each alkane: (a) classify each carbon...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.37PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.38PCh. 4 - Give the IUPAC name for each compound. a. h.k....Ch. 4 - 4.39 Give the structure and IUPAC name for each of...Ch. 4 -
4.40 Draw the structure corresponding to each...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.42PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.43PCh. 4 - 4.42 Give the IUPAC name for each compound.
a....Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.45PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.46PCh. 4 - 4.45 Which conformation in each pair is higher in...Ch. 4 - Considering rotation around the bond highlighted...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.49PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.50PCh. 4 - 4.49 Label the sites of torsional and steric...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.52PCh. 4 - 4.51 The eclipsed conformation of is less...Ch. 4 - (a) Draw the anti and gauche conformations for...Ch. 4 - For each compound drawn below: a.Label each OH,Br...Ch. 4 - Draw the two possible chair conformations for...Ch. 4 - For each compound drawn below: a. Draw...Ch. 4 - 4.56 Convert each of the following structures into...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.59PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.60PCh. 4 - Classify each pair of compounds as constitutional...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.62PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.63PCh. 4 - 4.62 Draw the three constitutional isomers having...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.65PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.66PCh. 4 - 4.65 Hydrocarbons like benzene are metabolized in...Ch. 4 - Which of the following compounds are lipids?Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.69PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.70PCh. 4 - Cyclopropane and cyclobutane have similar strain...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.72PCh. 4 - Haloethanes (CH3CH2X,X=Cl,Br,I) have similar...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.74PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.75PCh. 4 - Consider the tricyclic structure B (a) Label each...Ch. 4 - Read Appendix B on naming branched alkyl...Ch. 4 - Read Appendix B on naming bicyclic compounds. Then...
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