Exam
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Which of the following is the electrophile that attacks the aromatic ring during nitration?
A) HNO3
B) HNO3C) NO2+
D) NO2
E) NO2-
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2) Identify the best product for the following reaction.
2)
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
3) Which of the following is the electrophile that attacks the aromatic ring during sulfonation?
A) SO2+
B) H2 SO4
C) HSO3+
D) HSO4E) HSO3-
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4) Identify the best product for the following reaction.
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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
5) Predict the major organic product of the following reaction.
A) I
B) II
C) III
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D) IV
2
E) V
6) Identify the best product for the following reaction.
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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
7) Identify the best product for the following reaction.
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3
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
8) Which of the following is not a correct statement concerning the Friedel-Crafts acylation of
benzene?
A) The acylium ion is resonance stabilized.
B) The acylium ion is often produced from an acyl chloride.
C) The benzene ring attacks an acylium ion.
D) An alkyl group substitutes for a hydrogen.
E) More than one equivalent of Lewis acid must be used.
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9) What is the major product of the following Friedel-Crafts alkylation?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
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E) V
10) Identify the condition(s) that will not work for the following reaction.
A)
B)
C) CH3CH2 CH2 Cl + AlCl3
D) CH3CH2 CH2 OH, H2SO4
E)
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