MCAT Organic Chemistry Review 2018-2019

(A)  Mild   heat

(B)  Acid   environment

(C)  Anhydrous  environment

(D)  Nonpolar   solvent

12 .    A   positive    charge  on  the molecule    shown   would   have    greater stability   than    a   positive

charge  on  a   straight-chain  alkane  version of  the same    molecule.   What    property    most

explains    this    effect?

(A)  Steric hindrance

(B)  Nitrogen   electronegativity

(C)  Induction

(D)  Conjugation

13 .    The molecule    shown   is:

I. synthesizable from a γ-hydroxycarboxylic acid.
II. a lactone.
III. a form of an ester.

(A)  I  only

(B)  I  and II  only

(C)  II and III only

(D)  I, II, and III