Organic Chemistry, Books a la Carte Edition (8th Edition)
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Author: Bruice, Paula Yurkanis
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Chapter 15.2, Problem 4P
Which is longer, the carbon-oxygen single bond in a carboxylic acid or the carbon-oxygen bond in an alcohol? Why?
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Organic Chemistry, Books a la Carte Edition (8th Edition)
Ch. 15.1 - The aromas of many flowers and fruits are due to...Ch. 15.1 - Name the following:Ch. 15.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 15.2 - Which is longer, the carbon-oxygen single bond in...Ch. 15.2 - There are three carbon-oxygen bonds in methyl...Ch. 15.2 - Prob. 6PCh. 15.4 - a. What is the product of the reaction of acetyl...Ch. 15.4 - What is the product of an acyl substitution...Ch. 15.5 - a. Which compound has the stretching vibration for...Ch. 15.5 - Using the pKa values listed in Table 15.1, predict...
Ch. 15.5 - Is the following statement true or false? If the...Ch. 15.6 - Starting with acetyl chloride, what neutral...Ch. 15.6 - Prob. 13PCh. 15.7 - Starting with methyl acetate, what neutral...Ch. 15.7 - We saw that it is necessary to use excess amine in...Ch. 15.7 - Prob. 17PCh. 15.7 - Which ester hydrolyzes more rapidly? a. methyl...Ch. 15.7 - a. state three factors that cause the uncatalyzed...Ch. 15.8 - Prob. 21PCh. 15.8 - Using the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 15.8 - Prob. 23PCh. 15.8 - Show the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 15.8 - Prob. 25PCh. 15.8 - Write the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 15.8 - Write the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 15.9 - Prob. 28PCh. 15.9 - Prob. 29PCh. 15.10 - Show how each of the following esters could he...Ch. 15.10 - Prob. 32PCh. 15.11 - Prob. 33PCh. 15.11 - Which of the following reactions leads to the...Ch. 15.12 - Prob. 35PCh. 15.12 - Prob. 36PCh. 15.13 - Prob. 37PCh. 15.14 - Prob. 38PCh. 15.14 - Prob. 39PCh. 15.15 - Prob. 40PCh. 15.15 - Which alkyl halides from the carboxylic acids...Ch. 15.16 - Prob. 43PCh. 15.16 - Prob. 44PCh. 15.16 - Prob. 45PCh. 15.17 - Prob. 46PCh. 15.18 - How could you synthesize the following compounds...Ch. 15 - Prob. 48PCh. 15 - Name the following:Ch. 15 - Prob. 50PCh. 15 - What compound are obtained from the fallowing...Ch. 15 - a. Rank the following esters in order of...Ch. 15 - Because bromocyclohexane is a secondary alkyl...Ch. 15 - a. Which compound would you expect to have a...Ch. 15 - How could you use 1H NMR spectroscopy to...Ch. 15 - Rank the following compounds in order of...Ch. 15 - Prob. 57PCh. 15 - Prob. 58PCh. 15 - Prob. 59PCh. 15 - A compound with molecular formula C5H10O2 gives...Ch. 15 - Prob. 61PCh. 15 - Prob. 62PCh. 15 - Prob. 63PCh. 15 - Prob. 64PCh. 15 - Prob. 65PCh. 15 - Prob. 66PCh. 15 - Two products, A and B, are obtained from the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 68PCh. 15 - Prob. 69PCh. 15 - Prob. 70PCh. 15 - Prob. 71PCh. 15 - Prob. 72PCh. 15 - When treated with an equivalent of methanol,...Ch. 15 - a. Identify the two products obtained from the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 75PCh. 15 - Prob. 76PCh. 15 - a. When a carboxylic acid is dissolved in...Ch. 15 - Prob. 78PCh. 15 - Identity the major and minor products of the...Ch. 15 - When a compound with molecular formula C11H14O2...Ch. 15 - Prob. 81PCh. 15 - Prob. 82PCh. 15 - Prob. 83PCh. 15 - The 1H NMR spectra for two esters with molecular...Ch. 15 - Show how the following compounds could be prepared...Ch. 15 - Prob. 86PCh. 15 - Prob. 87PCh. 15 - The intermediate shown here is formed during the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 89PCh. 15 - Propose a mechanism that accounts for the...Ch. 15 - Catalytic antibodies catalyze a reaction by...Ch. 15 - Prob. 92P
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