Chemistry: The Molecular Science
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ISBN: 9781285199047
Author: John W. Moore, Conrad L. Stanitski
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 101QRT
Gamma hydroxybutyric acid, GHB, infamous as a “date rape” drug, is used illicitly because of its effects on the nervous system. The condensed molecular formula for GHB is HO(CH2)3COOH.
- (a) Write the Lewis structure for GHB.
- (b) Identify the hybridization of the carbon atom in the CH2 groups and of the terminal carbon.
- (c) Is hydrogen bonding possible in GHB? If so, write Lewis structures to illustrate the hydrogen bonding.
- (d) Which carbon atoms are involved in sigma bonds? In pi bonds?
- (e) Which oxygen atom is involved in sigma bonds? In pi bonds?
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