Naming game
The name of a four-carbon alkene with a double bond between the first and second carbon?
What is but-1-ene
What reagent is used to convert an alcohol (-OH) into an alkene?
What is concentrated sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) and heat?
What type of reaction occurs when an alkene reacts with hydrogen (H₂) in the presence of a nickel catalyst?
What is hydrogenation (addition reaction)?
In infrared (IR) spectroscopy, which functional group typically shows a broad absorption around 3200-3600 cm⁻¹?
What is an O-H (hydroxyl) group?
The name of a six-carbon aldehyde with no branches
What is hexanal?
What reagent(s) are required to convert a primary alcohol (-OH) into an aldehyde (-CHO) without further oxidation?
What is acidified potassium dichromate (K₂Cr₂O₇) with distillation?
What type of reaction converts an alcohol into a haloalkane using hydrogen halides (HX)?
What is a nucleophilic substitution reaction?
In mass spectrometry, what is the name of the peak with the highest m/z value that represents the molecular ion?
What is the M⁺ peak?
A reaction in which two molecules react to form a product with the loss of a small molecule
What is a condensation reaction (addition-elimination)
The name of a five-carbon carboxylic acid with a hydroxyl (-OH) group on the second carbon
What is 2-hydroxypentanoic acid?
What reagent is needed to convert a ketone (C=O) into a secondary alcohol (-OH)?
What is sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) or lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH₄)?
What type of reaction occurs when a haloalkane reacts with excess ethanolic ammonia (NH₃) to form a primary amine?
What is nucleophilic substitution?
In proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR) spectroscopy, what type of splitting pattern would you expect for a proton with two neighboring, non-equivalent protons?
What is a triplet?
The name of a five-carbon nitrile with a methyl (-CH₃) group on the third carbon
What is 3-methylpentanenitrile
What reagent(s) and conditions are required to convert a haloalkane (R-X) into a primary amine (-NH₂)?
What is excess ethanolic ammonia (NH₃) under reflux?
What type of reaction involves the formation of an ester from a carboxylic acid and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst?
What is esterification
A carbonyl compound shows a strong IR absorption at ~1700 cm⁻¹ and a singlet at around δ 9-10 ppm in the ¹H NMR spectrum. What is the likely functional group?
What is an aldehyde (-CHO)?
The name of a benzene ring with a bromine (-Br) at position 1 and a nitro (-NO₂) group at position 3?
What is 3-bromonitrobenzene
What sequence of reagents is needed to convert a benzene ring into a phenylamine (-NH₂)?
What is concentrated nitric acid (HNO₃) and sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) to form nitrobenzene, followed by tin (Sn) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl) under reflux, then sodium hydroxide (NaOH)?
What type of reaction converts a ketone into a secondary alcohol using NaBH₄ or LiAlH₄?
What is reduction?
A molecule has an M⁺ peak at 74 in mass spectrometry, a broad IR absorption at ~3300 cm⁻¹, and a singlet at δ 2.2 ppm in the ¹H NMR spectrum. What is the most likely identity of the molecule?
What is propan-2-ol (C₃H₈O)?