Core Organic Chemistry Random Retrieval

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Core Organic Chemistry Random Retrieval

This quiz contains all the questions in the Core Organic Chemistry section. The website will pick 10 questions at random.

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How many functional group isomers of C3H6O2 are there?

It's really difficult to get all of these structures, so don't panic if you miss some. Just spend some time sketching out all the possibilities and remembering some simple rules, e.g carbon forms 4 bonds, oxygen forms 2 etc. Be creative!

2 / 10

How many structural isomers of C6H14 are there?

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Which of these pairs of compounds react to form 2-bromopropane as one of the products?

(i) prop-1-ene and hydrogen bromide at room temperature

(ii) propane and bromine in ultraviolet light

(iii) propan-2-ol on heating with sodium bromide

(iv) propan-1-ol and hydrogen bromide on heating

4 / 10

Products formed by heating 2-bromo-3-methylbutane with a solution of potassium hydroxide in ethanol (an elimination reaction) include:

(i) 2-methylbut-1-ene

(ii) 3-methylbut-2-ene

(iii) 2-methylbut-3-ene

(iv) 3-methylbut-1-ene

5 / 10

This procedure produces a white precipitate which dissolves easily in dilute ammonia solution: heating C4H9X for a few minutes with aqueous alkali, then acidifying the mixture with dilute nitric acid and adding silver nitrate. This shows that X is:

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An alcohol consists of 64.9% carbon, 13.5% hydrogen and 21.6% oxygen.

What is the molecular formula of the compound? (Relative atomic masses: C = 12, H = 1, O = 16)

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Which alkene polymerises to form this polymer?---CH(CH3)CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH(CH3)CH2---

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Name the alkene CH3CH(CH3)CH=CHCH3.

9 / 10

How many monosubstitution products can be formed when butane reacts with chlorine?

10 / 10

An alkane in petrol is:

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