- Catalyst

CHEM 220
Winter, 2011
Professor Sasaki
EXAM 2 Name
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100 points TOTAL Good Luck!
Note: Only answers in the box will be graded.
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Name
Fitz, Brian
Whittaker, Aaron
Braten, Miles
Yan, Yunqi
Larsen, Michael
Zimmerman, Amanda
Viglino, Emilie
Section
AB,AJ
AC,AM
AD,AH
AE,AK
AI, AL
AN, AG
AA, AF
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1. (24) 2-Methyl-2-propanol (also known as tert-butyl alcohol) undergoes dehydration in the
presence of acid (H3O+) to give 2-methylpropene.
(a) Write the structures of 2-methyl-2-propanol and 2-methypropene by using the extended
structural formula with all the necessary hydrogens. Include the lone-pair electrons, if any, in
your structure.
2-methyl-2-propanol
2-methypropene
(b) Propose a reasonable reaction mechanism for the above reaction. Use curved arrows to
indicate the movement of electrons. Clearly indicate the charges, if any, and their locations.
Use the extended structural formula.
(c) If 2-methyl-2-butanol, instead of 2-methyl-2-propanol, is treated with acid, what would be
the major dehydrationproduct? Write the structure of the product by using the extended
structural formula.
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2. (25) (a) Draw the structure for the following compounds by using the line-bond
formula. You may write methyl groups, if any, in the structure explicitly.
(i) 3-methylcyclopentanone
(ii) 2-chlorobutanal
(iii) meta-bromophenol
(b) Supply proper IUPAC names for the following compounds.
(i)
OH
(ii)
SH
H 3C
CH3
C CH2 CH CH3
CH3
(iii)
H3C
O
O
CH3
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3. (25) (a) Predict the major product(s) in the following reaction. Write the structure
of your answer by using the condensed structural formula. Do not use the line-bond
formula.
(i)
H+
OH
heat
[O]
[O]
(ii)
NH2
excess Br2
acetic acid
room temperature
20-min
(iii)
O
HO
H3O
H
(b) Write an example of an organic compound that contains the following functional
groups. Use the condensed structural formula for your answer.
(i) an ether
(ii) a ketal
(iii) phenoxide ion
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4. (25) (a) Consider a hemiacetal formed from propanal and methanol.
(i) Would the hemiacetal be chiral or achiral?
(ii) One of the enatiomers of the hemiacetal is the compound A.
O-CH3
C
CH3CH2
H
OH
Compound A
Re-draw the structure of the compound A by using the structural template given below.
OH
C
(iii) Draw the Fisher projection of the compound A.
O-CH3
CH3
(b) Show how you would carry out the following transformation. You will need to
combine more than one reaction to complete. Don't write mechanism. Make sure to
supply appropriate reagents for each step.
CH3
O
CH2