Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
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Chapter 13, Problem 27P
Explain why the pKa of a hydrogen bonded to the sp3 carbon of propene is greater (pKa = 42) than that of any of the carbon acids listed in Table 13.1, but is less than the pKa of an
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Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
Ch. 13.1 - Identify the most acidic hydrogen in each...Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 2PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 4PCh. 13.1 - Explain why HO cannot remove a proton from the...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 6PCh. 13.2 - Prob. 7PCh. 13.3 - Prob. 8PCh. 13.3 - Prob. 9PCh. 13.3 - Prob. 10P
Ch. 13.4 - Prob. 11PCh. 13.5 - Prob. 12PCh. 13.5 - Prob. 13PCh. 13.6 - Prob. 14PCh. 13.7 - Prob. 16PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 17PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 18PCh. 13.8 - Prob. 19PCh. 13.9 - Prob. 20PCh. 13.10 - Propose a mechanism for the formation of...Ch. 13.10 - Prob. 22PCh. 13.10 - a. If the biosynthesis of palmitic acid were...Ch. 13 - Draw the enol tautomers for each of the following...Ch. 13 - Number the following compounds in order from...Ch. 13 - Prob. 26PCh. 13 - Explain why the pKa of a hydrogen bonded to the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 28PCh. 13 - Prob. 29PCh. 13 - Prob. 30PCh. 13 - Prob. 31PCh. 13 - Prob. 32PCh. 13 - Prob. 33PCh. 13 - Using cyclopentanone as the reactant, show the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 35PCh. 13 - Prob. 36PCh. 13 - Prob. 37PCh. 13 - Prob. 38PCh. 13 - Prob. 39PCh. 13 - Prob. 40PCh. 13 - Prob. 41PCh. 13 - Prob. 42PCh. 13 - Prob. 43PCh. 13 - Prob. 44PCh. 13 - Describe how the following compounds can be...Ch. 13 - Prob. 46PCh. 13 - Which would require a higher temperature:...Ch. 13 - Prob. 48PCh. 13 - Propose a mechanism for the following reaction:Ch. 13 - Show how the following compounds could be...Ch. 13 - Prob. 51PCh. 13 - Prob. 52P
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