
Organic Chemistry
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Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle
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Chapter 7, Problem 15PP
Practice Problem 7.17
Acid-catalyzed dehydration of either 2-methyl-1-butanol or 3-methyl-1-butanol gives 2-methyl-2-butene as the major produce. Write plausible mechanisms that explain these results.
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Chapter 7 Solutions
Organic Chemistry
Ch. 7 - Prob. 1PPCh. 7 - Prob. 2PPCh. 7 - Prob. 3PPCh. 7 - Prob. 4PPCh. 7 - Practice Problem 7.5
How many stereoisomers are...Ch. 7 - Prob. 6PPCh. 7 - Prob. 7PPCh. 7 - PRACTICE PROBLEM 7.8
Examine Solved Problem 7.3....Ch. 7 - Prob. 9PPCh. 7 - Practice Problem 7.10 When...
Ch. 7 - Practice Problem 7.11
(a) When...Ch. 7 - Practice Problem 7.14
Dehydration of 2-propanol...Ch. 7 - Practice Problem 7.15
Rank the following alcohols...Ch. 7 - Practice Problem 7.16
Acid-catalyzed dehydration...Ch. 7 - Practice Problem 7.17 Acid-catalyzed dehydration...Ch. 7 - Prob. 16PPCh. 7 - Prob. 17PPCh. 7 - Practice Problem 7.20
Show how you might...Ch. 7 - Prob. 19PPCh. 7 - Prob. 20PPCh. 7 - Practice Problem 7.23
Write the structure of...Ch. 7 - Prob. 22PPCh. 7 - Prob. 23PPCh. 7 - Practice Problem 7.26 (a) Devise retrosynthetic...Ch. 7 - Each of the following names is incorrect, Give the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 26PCh. 7 - Prob. 27PCh. 7 - Give the IUPAC names for each of the following:...Ch. 7 - Prob. 29PCh. 7 - Prob. 30PCh. 7 - Prob. 31PCh. 7 - Prob. 32PCh. 7 - 7.54. Outline a synthesis of phenylethyne from...Ch. 7 - Prob. 34PCh. 7 - Prob. 35PCh. 7 - Prob. 36PCh. 7 - Prob. 37PCh. 7 - 7.35. Write structural formulas for all the...Ch. 7 - 7.47. Starting with an appropriate alkyl halide...Ch. 7 - Arrange the following alcohols in order of their...Ch. 7 - Prob. 41PCh. 7 - Prob. 42PCh. 7 - Prob. 43PCh. 7 - Prob. 44PCh. 7 - 7.49. What is the index of hydrogen deficiency...Ch. 7 - Prob. 46PCh. 7 - Prob. 47PCh. 7 - Compounds I and J both have the molecular formula...Ch. 7 - Prob. 49PCh. 7 - Prob. 50PCh. 7 - Consider the interconversion of cis-2-butene and...Ch. 7 - Prob. 52PCh. 7 - (a) Using reactions studied in this chapter, show...Ch. 7 - Prob. 54PCh. 7 - Prob. 55PCh. 7 - 1. Write the structure(s) of the major product(s)...Ch. 7 - Prob. 2LGPCh. 7 - (a) Write the structure of the product(s) formed...Ch. 7 - Prob. 4LGPCh. 7 - Prob. 5LGPCh. 7 - 7.1 Which conditions/reagents would you employ to...Ch. 7 - Which of the following names is incorrect? (a)...Ch. 7 - 7.3 Select the major product of the reaction
Ch. 7 - 7.4 Supply the missing reagents.
Ch. 7 - Arrange the following alkenes in order of...Ch. 7 - 7.6 Complete the following synthesis.
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