Chem 2114 Unit 6 Practice Problems

1. Name the following.

2. Draw the following compounds.

a. 4-phenyl-2-pentanol

b. (Z)-2-buten-1-ol

c. (1R,2R)-cyclopentane-1,2-diol

d. (1S,2R,3R)-3-methyl-1,2-cyclohexanediol

e. 2-methoxyhexane

f. ethylphenyl ether

g. diisopropyl ether

h. 2-ethoxyethanol

3. Which has the higher BP?

a. 2-hexanol or methanol

b. acetylene or methanol

c. diethyl ether or 1-butanol

d. 2-propanol or acetone

4. Which is more soluble in water?

a. 2-hexanol or methanol

b. 1-propanol or acetylene

c. 1-butanol or diethyl ether

d. propane or ethanol

5. Predict the major product.

6. Predict the major product.

7. Predict the major product.

8. Write the mechanism for the following reactions:

9. Show how to synthesize the following products.

10. Match the products of each of the following reactions to the correct IR spectrum.