Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321937711
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 37P
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The reason behind the racemic mixture formed when (R)-4-methyl-3-hexanone is dissolved in an acidic or basic medium has to be explained.
Concept introduction: A racemic mixture is formed when a compound is dissolved in the acidic or basic medium. It is because in both acidic and basic medium the enolate anion is formed. Enolate anion is planar and attacks from both above and below the plane to give a racemic mixture.
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Chapter 13 Solutions
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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