Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry
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Chapter 5, Problem 10E
Phenol (shown below) has a
a. Based on
b. Draw the conjugate base of phenol (called phenoxide) including allimportant resonance structures.
c. Construct an explanation for why phenol is a stronger acid than anordinary alcohol. (You may want to consider first why phenoxide is lowerin PE than methoxide
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Which is the more stable base? a. Br− or I− b. CH3O− or CH3S− c. CH3CH2O− or CH3COO− d. H2C CH or HC C− e. FCH2CH2COO− or CH2CH2COO- f. CLCH2CH2O- or CL2CHCH2O-
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Kb of CH3NH₂ = 4.4 x 10-4
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Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry
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Ch. 5 - Prob. 11CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 12CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 13CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 14CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 15CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 16CTQCh. 5 - For each proposed set of resonance structures: a....Ch. 5 - Consider the polarization of the C=O bond in the...Ch. 5 - The C=O double bond is called a “carbonyl bond.”...Ch. 5 - Prob. 20CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 21CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 22CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 23CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 24CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 25CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 26CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 27CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 28CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 29CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 30CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 31CTQCh. 5 - Confirm that there is no legitimate Lewis...Ch. 5 - Draw all resonance structures of the molecule...Ch. 5 - Prob. 34CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 35CTQCh. 5 - Prob. 36CTQCh. 5 - Occasionally, we will see an ionic compound that...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2ECh. 5 - Prob. 3ECh. 5 - Prob. 4ECh. 5 - Is it possible to draw a resonance structure of...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6ECh. 5 - Prob. 7ECh. 5 - Prob. 8ECh. 5 - Phenol (shown below) has a pKa10 . a. Based on pKa...Ch. 5 - Use curved arrows to show the most likely...Ch. 5 - Prob. 12ECh. 5 - Complete each Lewis structure, draw all important...Ch. 5 - Use curved arrows to show the most likely...Ch. 5 - Construct an explanation for why sulfuric acid is...Ch. 5 - Prob. 16ECh. 5 - Prob. 17ECh. 5 - Prob. 18E
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