Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 19.59SP
(A true story.) A drug user responded to an ad placed by a DEA informant in a drug-culture magazine. He later flew from Colorado to Maryland; where he bought some 1-phenyl-2-propanone (P2P) from the informant. The police waited nearly a month for the suspect to synthesize something, then obtained a search warrant, and searched the residence. They found the unopened bottle of P2P; apparently the suspect was not a good chemist and was unable to follow the instructions the informant gave him. They also found pipes and bongs with residues of marijuana and cocaine, plus a bottle of methylamine hydrochloride, some muriatic acid (dilute HCl), zinc strips, flasks, and other equipment.
- a. Assume you are consulting for the police. Show what synthesis the suspect was prepared to carry out, to provide probable cause for the charge of attempting to manufacture a controlled substance.
- b. Assume you are a member of the jury. Would you convict the defendant of attempting to manufacture a controlled substance?
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Chapter 19 Solutions
Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
Ch. 19.2A - Prob. 19.1PCh. 19.2B - Prob. 19.2PCh. 19.2B - Give correct names for the following amines:Ch. 19.3 - Prob. 19.4PCh. 19.4 - Prob. 19.5PCh. 19.6 - Rank each set of compounds in order of increasing...Ch. 19.8A - Prob. 19.7PCh. 19.8C - Prob. 19.8PCh. 19.8C - Prob. 19.9PCh. 19.8D - a. Show how fragmentation occurs to give the base...
Ch. 19.10B - Propose a mechanism for nitration of pyridine at...Ch. 19.10B - Prob. 19.12PCh. 19.10C - Prob. 19.13PCh. 19.10C - Prob. 19.14PCh. 19.11 - Propose a mechanism to show the individual...Ch. 19.11 - Prob. 19.16PCh. 19.12 - Give the products expected from the following...Ch. 19.13 - Prob. 19.18PCh. 19.13 - Prob. 19.19PCh. 19.14 - Prob. 19.20PCh. 19.15 - Prob. 19.21PCh. 19.15 - Prob. 19.22PCh. 19.16 - Prob. 19.23PCh. 19.17 - Prob. 19.24PCh. 19.17 - Prob. 19.25PCh. 19.18 - Prob. 19.26PCh. 19.19 - Prob. 19.27PCh. 19.20A - Addition of one equivalent of ammonia to...Ch. 19.20A - Prob. 19.29PCh. 19.20B - Show how you would accomplish the following...Ch. 19.20C - Prob. 19.31PCh. 19 - For each compound, 1. classify the...Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.33SPCh. 19 - Within each structure, rank the indicated...Ch. 19 - In each pair of compounds, select the stronger...Ch. 19 - Which of the following compounds are capable of...Ch. 19 - Complete the following proposed acid-base...Ch. 19 - Predict the products of the following reactions:...Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.39SPCh. 19 - Show how m-toluidine can be converted to the...Ch. 19 - The mass spectrum of tert-butylamine follows shows...Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.42SPCh. 19 - The following drugs are synthesized using the...Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.44SPCh. 19 - Synthesize from benzene. (Hint: All of these...Ch. 19 - Propose mechanisms for the following reactions.Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.47SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.48SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.49SPCh. 19 - Show how you can synthesize the following...Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.51SPCh. 19 - The alkaloid coniine has been isolated from...Ch. 19 - A chemist is summoned to an abandoned...Ch. 19 - Pyrrole undergoes electrophilic aromatic...Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.55SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.56SPCh. 19 - An unknown compound shows a weak molecular ion at...Ch. 19 - A compound of formula C11H16N2 gives the IR,...Ch. 19 - (A true story.) A drug user responded to an ad...Ch. 19 - Prob. 19.60SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.61SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.62SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.63SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.64SPCh. 19 - Prob. 19.65SP
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