MCAT Organic Chemistry Review 2018-2019

Let’s go through the steps again. Therefore, the primary product of this reaction will be ethanoic acid. Rea ...

Does this reaction look familiar? It should! 2-amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid and 2,6- diaminohexanoic acid ...

We’ve worked through a few problems here to get a handle on how to use this method. Once you have read ...

If there are no reaction conditions listed, what determines how the reaction will proceed? ...

Conclusion In this chapter, we’ve outlined a framework for thinking through organic chemistry questions o ...

Concept Summary Acids and Bases Nucleophiles, Electrophiles, and Leaving Groups Lewis acids are electron accepto ...

Oxidation–Reduction Reactions More positive compounds are more electrophilic. Alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, ca ...

Chemoselectivity CH 4 is the lowest oxidation state of carbon (most reduced); CO 2 is the highest (most oxi ...

Steps for Problem Solving Know your nomenclature. Identify the functional groups. Identify the other reagents. ...

Answers to Concept Checks 4.1 An acid–base reaction will proceed when the acid and base react to form ...

of oxygen atoms. Good reducing agents have low electronegativities and ionization energies or contain a hydri ...

Equations to Remember (4.1) Acid dissociation constant: (4.2) Definition of pKa: pKa = –log Ka ...

Shared Concepts General Chemistry Chapter 5 Chemical Kinetics General Chemistry Chapter 10 Acids and Bases General C ...

Discrete Practice Questions Consult your online resources for Full-Length Exams and Passage-Based Questions (for ...

(A) CH 3 OCH 3 > > CH 3 OH > CH 3 Cl (B) > CH 3 OH > CH 3 OCH 3 > CH 3 Cl (C) CH 3 OCH 3 ...

(A) Reduction, resulting in the formation of butene (B) Oxidation, resulting in the formation of butanoic acid ...

(A) (B) (C) (D) 12 . Treatment of (S)-2-bromobutane with sodium hydroxide results in the production of a compou ...

(A) steric hindrance. (B) leaving group ability. (C) resonance stabilization. (D) electron-withdrawing character. 15 ...

Answers and Explanations DISCRETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 . C NH 3 and H 2 O are Lewis bases because nitrogen and ...

5 . B Carboxylic acids are the second most oxidized form of carbon (only carbon dioxide is more oxidized). I ...