Question 1

Which of the following is the correct condensed structural formula for 2-butanol?

Accepted Answer

$$CH_3CH_2CH(OH)CH_3$

Question 2

Which of the following molecules is a ketone?

Accepted Answer

$$CH_3COCH_3$$

Question 3

What is the IUPAC name for the following structure: $$CH_3CH_2CH_2CH_2OH$$?

Accepted Answer

1-butanol

Question 4

Which of the following is the correct generic formula for a cycloalkane?

Accepted Answer

$$C_nH_{2n}$$

Question 5

Which reaction is used to convert an alkene to an alkane?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogenation

Question 6

Which of the following is a correct example of a Fischer projection for D-glucose?

Accepted Answer

The -OH on the penultimate carbon is on the right

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a property of alcohols?

Accepted Answer

They contain a $$C=O$$ group

Question 8

Which of the following reactions produces a sugar acid from a monosaccharide?

Accepted Answer

Oxidation of the aldehyde group

Question 9

Which of the following best describes a chiral carbon?

Accepted Answer

A carbon atom bonded to four different groups

Question 10

Which of the following is the correct formula for an alkene?

Accepted Answer

$$C_nH_{2n}$$

Question 11

Which of the following is a correct example of a disaccharide?

Accepted Answer

Sucrose

Question 12

Which of the following reactions is used to link two monosaccharides together?

Accepted Answer

Dehydration reaction

Question 13

Which of the following is the correct name for a six-carbon ring with alternating double and single bonds?

Accepted Answer

Benzene

Question 14

Which of the following is the correct formula for a primary alcohol?

Accepted Answer

$$RCH_2OH$$

Question 15

Which of the following is a property of ethers?

Accepted Answer

They contain a $$C-O-C$$ linkage

Question 16

Which of the following is the correct product of the hydration of an alkene?

Accepted Answer

An alcohol

Question 17

Which of the following is a correct example of a polysaccharide?

Accepted Answer

Glycogen

Question 18

Which of the following is the correct name for $$CH_3CH_2COCH_3$$?

Accepted Answer

2-butanone

Question 19

Which of the following is the correct product of the oxidation of a primary alcohol?

Accepted Answer

An aldehyde

Question 20

Which of the following is the correct formula for a thiol group?

Accepted Answer

$$-SH$$

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