Quiz for Carboxylic Acids

Missing Inorganic Reagents

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Copyright Linda M. Sweeting 1997

These problems are organized by chapter number, with the lowest chapter number first (the references will give you a hint as to whether you have learned about a reaction yet, and provide you a source of information if you don't understand). You cannot put the answer into the computer yourself, so keep paper and pencil handy. After you have proposed a compound, click with the left mouse button on the simulated button that says "Answer" to see if you are right or not. In most cases only the alcohol and reagent are shown and you must select a non-alcohol starting material or product. In the computer solutions to the problems, only the largest organic product is shown.

Except for acid-base reactions, products are shown after neutralization in aqueous solution.

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+ MnO2

McMurry 17.8, 19.3, Fessenden 7.8C, Schmid 11.18, 15.5
+ Ag

McMurry 17.8, 19.3, 20.6, Fessenden 13.7, Schmid 14.18, 15.5
+ MgBrOH

McMurry 20.6, Fessenden 14.3, Schmid 15.6

McMurry 7.8, 8.7, Fessenden 10.13B, Schmid 15.5, 14.6

McMurry 16.10, 20.6, Fessenden 7.8C, Schmid 15.5
+ H2O

McMurry 20.3, Fessenden 14.5, Schmid 15.8
+ H2O

McMurry 21.3, Fessenden 14.6, Schmid 15.11
+ CH3CH2OH

McMurry 21.5, Fessenden 15.5C, Schmid 15.11, 15.12
+

McMurry 21.7, Fessenden 15.8C, Schmid 15.11, 15.12
+

McMurry 21.7, 21.8, Fessenden 15.11D, Schmid 15.7

McMurry 17.5, 20.8, Fessenden 14.7, Schmid 15.17
+ SO2 + HCl

McMurry 21.3, Fessenden 15.3B, Schmid 16.5
+ HCl


McMurry 21.4, Fessenden 15.3C, Schmid 16.5


McMurry 21.3, Fessenden 14.8C, Schmid 24.6
2

McMurry 21.5, Fessenden 15.5C, Schmid 16.9
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