Quiz 1

the number answers correspond to the roman numeral

What is an intermediate?

a point on the reaction pathway that has a local minima

What is the most likely product for the following carbocation rearrangement?

#3 (III)

what is the expected major final product of the reaction sequence shown?

#4 (IV)

which of the choices gives the rate equation for the following Sn1 reaction?

#4 (IV)

Predict the Sn1 product(s) of the reaction shown.

#3&4

which of the alkyl halides shown is essentially unreactive in an SN2 rxn?

2

provide the reagents necessary to prepare the following compound using a WES.

4

what is the expected major product of the following rxn?

3

predict the expected major product(s) of HCl addition to the alkene below.

1&2

predict the expected major product of the rxn shown.

4

predict the expected major product of the following rxn

4

which of the structures shown depicts the most likely carbocation intermediate formed in the hydrohalogenation rxn shown?

2

which of the alkenes shown below would produce a chiral center upon Markovnikov hydrohalogenation?

2

select the expected major product(s) of the following rxn

3 (III)

Most pi bonds are quite prone to rxn with a(n) ___, also referred to as electron-seeking reagents.

electrophile