b. Secondary alcohol c. Cyclic alkyl alcohol d. Tertiary alcohol 2. What type of bond promotes the solubility of alcohols in water? a. Covalent bonds b. Van der Waals forces c. Hydrogen bonds d. Dipole-dipole bonds 3. The delighted odor of melted butter is attributed to this four-carbon dione. What could be the IUPAC NAME of this ketone? a. Pentanedione b. Hexanone c. Butanone d. Butanedione 4. Why is ethanal incapable of forming a hydrogen bond with another ethanal molecule despite e

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1. Which type of alcohol generally exhibits a higher dipole moment relative to
linear alcohol? 

a. Allylic alcohol
b. Secondary alcohol
c. Cyclic alkyl alcohol
d. Tertiary alcohol

2. What type of bond promotes the solubility of alcohols in water?

a. Covalent bonds
b. Van der Waals forces
c. Hydrogen bonds
d. Dipole-dipole bonds

3. The delighted odor of melted butter is attributed to this four-carbon dione.
What could be the IUPAC NAME of this ketone?

a. Pentanedione
b. Hexanone
c. Butanone
d. Butanedione

4. Why is ethanal incapable of forming a hydrogen bond with another ethanal
molecule despite exhibiting a bond dipole in the C = O bond?

a. The carbon atom does not form a highly polar bond with hydrogen.
b. The oxygen atom is sp2 hybridized with almost 67% p character.
c. The oxygen atom is partially reactive due to the strong bond dipole.
d. Oxygen exhibits resonance with carbon leading to bond stability.

 

An aldehyde commonly exhibits a nucleophilic addition type of reaction.
When a nucleophile attacks a carbonyl carbon, what happens to the oxygen
atom in the structure? Refer to the structure below.
H
Oxygen atom obtains a net negative charge.
Oxygen atom becomes more electronegative.
Oxygen atom acts as the new electrophile.
Oxygen atom transforms to an alkoxide group.
Transcribed Image Text:An aldehyde commonly exhibits a nucleophilic addition type of reaction. When a nucleophile attacks a carbonyl carbon, what happens to the oxygen atom in the structure? Refer to the structure below. H Oxygen atom obtains a net negative charge. Oxygen atom becomes more electronegative. Oxygen atom acts as the new electrophile. Oxygen atom transforms to an alkoxide group.
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