CHM 202 Quiz – Covalent Bond and Organic Reactions

How many chiral carbons do glucose and fructose each have?

Which intermolecular force is the weakest and often disappears and reappears due to the movement of atoms?

What is the IUPAC name of the following compound: CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH3?

Arrange the following in order of decreasing boiling point: HF; H2O; Hal

Which of the following molecules exhibits hydrogen bonding?

Which of the following represents the product of the SN2 reaction between CH3CH2ONa and CH3CH2Cl?

The boiling point of a substance increases with the strength of the intermolecular forces between its molecules. Which of the following substances would be expected to have the highest boiling point?

Alkanes can be prepared by the following methods except; (i) Dehydrohalogenation (ii) Hydration of alkenes (iii) Hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons (iv) Electrophilic addition reaction.

Why does NaCl dissolve readily in water but not in benzene?

Arrange the following in decreasing order of acidity; Ethnic acid; dichloroethanoic acid; monochloroethanoic acid; and trichloroethanoic acid. Give reason for your answer.

How many chiral centre(s) are there in 1-bromo-1,2-dihydroxylpropane?

Which of the following compounds undergoes racemization?

Which alkyl halides(s) would undergo dehydrogenation to give the following pure alkene, methylenecyclohexane?

Which notation is used to designate the spatial arrangement of atoms in an optically active compound?

In an SN1 reaction between a tertiary alkyl halide and water, the rate-determining step involves:

What is the product of the heterolytic cleavage of a covalent bond?

The following is/are correct for SN1 reaction mechanism except; (i) The geometry of the transition state (ii) It is favoured with primary alkyl halide (iii) The substrate and product are of opposite configuration (iv) The product are of the same geometry

What type of solvent can solvate both cations and anions?

How many optical isomers does a compound with two chiral carbon atoms possess?

Which of the following is a polar aprotic solvent?

In a nucleophilic substitution reaction, the nucleophile is a:

Consider the compound below having its C-atoms numbered 1 - 9. Indicate the chiral C-atom(s) in the molecule;

Give the total number of resonance canonical structures for methoxybenzene and the number of the canonical structures that are ionic;

In the Lewis structure of methanol (CH3OH), how many lone pairs of electrons are present on the oxygen atom?

Which of the following statements about resonance is true?