Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
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Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith
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Chapter 4, Problem 52P
(a) Draw the anti and gauche conformations for ethylene glycol
is unusual in that the gauche conformation is more stable than the anti conformation. Offer an explanation.
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Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1PCh. 4.1 - Problem 4.2 Which of the following is not another...Ch. 4.1 - Problem 4.3 Draw the five constitutional isomers...Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 4PCh. 4.1 - Prob. 5PCh. 4.2 - Draw the five constitutional isomers that have...Ch. 4.4 - Problem 4.7 Give the IUPAC name for each...Ch. 4.4 - Give the IUPAC name for each compound. a....Ch. 4.4 - Problem 4.9 Give the structure corresponding to...Ch. 4.4 - Prob. 10P
Ch. 4.5 - Give the IUPAC name for each compound.Ch. 4.5 - Give the structure corresponding to each IUPAC...Ch. 4.8 - Arrange the following compounds in order of...Ch. 4.9 - Problem 4.14 Draw the staggered and eclipsed...Ch. 4.9 - Prob. 15PCh. 4.9 - Prob. 16PCh. 4.10 - Problem 4.17 a. Draw the three staggered and...Ch. 4.10 - Problem 4.18 Rank the following conformations in...Ch. 4.10 - Problem 4.19 Consider rotation around the...Ch. 4.10 - Calculate the destabilization present in each...Ch. 4.12 - Problem 4.21 Classify the ring carbons as up or...Ch. 4.12 - Problem 4.22 Using the cyclohexane with the C’s...Ch. 4.13 - Draw a second chair conformation for each...Ch. 4.13 - Problem 4.24 Draw both conformations for and...Ch. 4.13 - Problem 4.25 Draw the structure for each compound...Ch. 4.13 - Prob. 26PCh. 4.14 - Prob. 31PCh. 4.14 - Prob. 32PCh. 4.15 - Prob. 33PCh. 4 - Name each alkane using the ball-and-stick model,...Ch. 4 -
4.40 Draw the structure corresponding to each...Ch. 4 - 4.42 Give the IUPAC name for each compound.
a....Ch. 4 - Prob. 42PCh. 4 - 4.46 Considering rotation around the bond...Ch. 4 - 4.50 Calculate the barrier to rotation for each...Ch. 4 - 4.51 The eclipsed conformation of is less...Ch. 4 - (a) Draw the anti and gauche conformations for...Ch. 4 - For each compound drawn below: a.Label each OH,Br...Ch. 4 - Draw the two possible chair conformations for...Ch. 4 - For each compound drawn below: a. Draw...Ch. 4 - Classify each pair of compounds as constitutional...Ch. 4 - Prob. 66PCh. 4 - 4.64 Draw the products of combustion of each...Ch. 4 - 4.65 Hydrocarbons like benzene are metabolized in...Ch. 4 - Prob. 69PCh. 4 - Prob. 70PCh. 4 - Cyclopropane and cyclobutane have similar strain...Ch. 4 - Prob. 72PCh. 4 - Haloethanes (CH3CH2X,X=Cl,Br,I) have similar...Ch. 4 - Prob. 74PCh. 4 - Prob. 75PCh. 4 - Consider the tricyclic structure B (a) Label each...Ch. 4 - Read Appendix B on naming branched alkyl...Ch. 4 - Read Appendix B on naming bicyclic compounds. Then...
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