Question 1

Which of the following is the major product when 1-phenylethanol is treated with PCC (pyridinium chlorochromate) in dichloromethane?

Accepted Answer

Acetophenone ($$C_6H_5COCH_3)$$

Question 2

When cyclohexene reacts with mCPBA (meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid), what is the major product?

Accepted Answer

Cyclohexene oxide (an epoxide)

Question 3

Which reagent would best convert a primary alcohol to an aldehyde without further oxidation to a carboxylic acid?

Accepted Answer

PCC (pyridinium chlorochromate)

Question 4

What is the major organic product when 1-methoxypropane is heated with HI?

Accepted Answer

1-propanol and methyl iodide

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed opening of an epoxide with water?

Accepted Answer

SN1 attack at the more substituted carbon after protonation

Question 6

A solution of 2-butanol is treated with NaOCl (bleach) and acetic acid. What is the major product?

Accepted Answer

2-butanone ($$CH_3CH_2COCH_3)$$

Question 7

Which of the following ethers will react fastest with HI to give alkyl iodides?

Accepted Answer

tert-Butyl methyl ether

Question 8

What is the expected product when benzyl alcohol is treated with Na_2Cr_2O_7 and H_2SO_4?

Accepted Answer

Benzoic acid

Question 9

Which of the following statements about the Williamson ether synthesis is correct?

Accepted Answer

It is an SN2 reaction between an alkoxide and a primary alkyl halide.

Question 10

Which of the following is a correct statement about the oxidation of thiols?

Accepted Answer

Thiols are oxidized to disulfides ($$R-S-S-R) $$under mild oxidizing conditions.

Question 11

A patient is exposed to ethylene oxide in a laboratory accident. Which functional group is most likely to be formed in their body as a result of nucleophilic attack by water?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol

Question 12

Which of the following reagents would best convert a secondary alcohol to a ketone?

Accepted Answer

NaOCl/acetic acid

Question 13

What is the major product when 1,2-epoxypropane is treated with aqueous acid?

Accepted Answer

1,2-propanediol

Question 14

Which of the following is the best method to prepare tert-butyl methyl ether?

Accepted Answer

Reacting sodium tert-butoxide with methyl iodide

Question 15

Which of the following is a correct statement about the acid-catalyzed dehydration of alcohols?

Accepted Answer

It forms an alkene via an E1 mechanism.

Question 16

What is the major product when 2-methyl-2-butanol is heated with concentrated H_2SO_4?

Accepted Answer

2-methyl-2-butene

Question 17

Which of the following is the correct product when phenol reacts with NaOH and then with methyl iodide?

Accepted Answer

Anisole ($$C_6H_5OCH_3)$$

Question 18

Which of the following is the major product when 1-butanol is treated with NaOCl and acetic acid?

Accepted Answer

Butanal ($$CH_3CH_2CH_2CHO)$$

Question 19

Which of the following statements about ethers is correct?

Accepted Answer

Ethers are generally unreactive except towards strong acids like HI and HBr.

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