ACS Review 17 Aldehydes and Ketones - Nucleophilic Addition
ACS Review 17 Aldehydes and Ketones - Nucleophilic Addition
ACS Review 17 Aldehydes and Ketones - Nucleophilic Addition
Carbonyl Group
1. What is the IUPAC name of the following compound?
A. 3-methyl-5-heptanone
B. 5-ethyl-3-hexanone
C. 5-methyl-3-heptanone
D. 2-ethyl-4-hexanone
2. Identify the correct IUPAC name of the compound below.
A. 4-benzyl-5-methylhexanal
B. 5-isopropyl-5-phenylbutanal
C. 2-methyl-3-phenylhexanal
D. 5-methyl-4-phenylhexanal
3. Which of the following is an acceptable IUPAC name for the compound below?
A. o-bromo-m-chlorobenzaldehyde
B. 6-bromo-3-chlorobenzaldehyde
C. 2-bromo-5-chlorobenzaldehyde
D. 1-bromo-4-chlorobenzaldehyde
4. Which of the following has the largest Keq for the formation of the hydrate (as shown below)?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
5. The carbon-oxygen π bond of an aldehyde is formed by overlap of which two orbitals?
A. sp-sp
B. sp2-sp2
C. sp2-2p
D. 2p-2p
6. Which of the reagents below will oxidize a secondary alcohol to a ketone?
A. LiAlH4
B. HIO4
C. K2Cr2O7, H2SO4/H2O
D. HgSO4, H2SO4/H2O
7. Identify the reagents needed to carry out the following conversion.
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A. O2/Ni (cat.)
B. H218O/HCI (cat.)
C. Cr18O3/pyridine
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D. O3
10. What is the product of the following reaction?
A. 3-methylpentane
B. 3-methyl-2-pentanol
C. 3-methyl-2-pentene
D. 3-methyl-1-pentyne
11. What is the product of the reaction below?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
12. The compound shown below is the hemiacetal formed between:
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
14. Identify the products of the hydrolysis of the following compound.
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
15. Which one of the following is not an intermediate in the acid-catalyzed reaction of benzaldehyde with 2
equivalents of methanol to give benzaldehyde dimethyl acetal?
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV
16. The compound shown below is the cyclic hemiacetal of:
A. 5-hydroxyheptanal
B. 5-hydroxy-2-heptanone
C. 6-hydroxy-3-heptanone
D. 6-hydroxyheptanal
17. What is the product of the reaction shown?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
18. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the cyclic acetal below gives:
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
23. What is the product of the reaction below?
A. 2-methyl-1-pentene
B. 2-methyl-2-propyloxirane
C. 4-methyl-1-pentene
D. 1-pentene
24. Domiodol, shown below, is used medicinally as a mucolytic agent. What are the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis
products of Domiodol?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
25. Which of the following reacts with (CH3CH2)2NH to give the compound shown below?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
26. What is the product of the following reaction sequence?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
27. Baeyer-Villiger oxidation reactions can use peroxycarboxylic acids to convert ketones to:
A. carboxylic acids
B. esters
C. epoxides
D. α-hydroxy ketones
28. Identify the missing reagent for the reaction below.
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
29. What is the product of the following Baeyer-Villiger oxidation reaction?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
30. Which of the following is the product of the reaction between acetone, CH3COCH3, and methylamine,
CH3NH2?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
31. Which of the following reacts with methylamine at the fastest rate?
A. 1-pentene
B. pentanal
C. 2-pentanone
D. 3-pentanone
32. Which of the following gives the greatest percentage of hydrate (gem-diol) when dissolved in water?
A. butanal
B. 2,2-dichlorobutanal
C. 3,3-dichlorobutanal
D. 4,4-dichlorobutanal
33. Which of the following methods can be used to synthesize 2-methyl-1-hexene, shown below, with no
formation of isomeric by-products?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
34. Which of the following is the best method to synthesize 2-methyl-3-pentene, shown below, with little or no
by-product formation?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
35. What is the product of the reaction sequence below?
A. 2-methyl-1-hexene
B. 2,3-dimethyl-2-pentene
C. 2-methyl-2-hexene
D. 3-methyl-1-hexene
36. Which of the following is a hemiacetal?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
ACS Review Aldehydes and Ketones - Nucleophilic Addition to the
Carbonyl Group KEY
1. C
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. B
16. B
17. A
18. D
19. C
20. A
21. C
22. C
23. A
24. A
25. B
26. D
27. B
28. A
29. B
30. A
31. B
32. B
33. D
34. C
35. D
36. C