 | Sample Lab Questions Investigation #31:
"Models for Organic Compounds"
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These questions have been taken from lab quizzes given in previous years.
Some of the answers are listed at the end.
Note: The subscripts and superscripts may not appear as such. It depends upon your web browser.
- 1.
- (1pt) Define "stereoisomers."
- 2.
- (1pt) Define an "asymmetric carbon."
- 3.
- (1pt) How do most properties of a pair of enantiomers differ?
- 4.
- a. (2pts) Give an example of a pair of functional group isomers.
- b. (2pts) What are geometric isomers? Give structural formulas of an example.
- 5.
- (5pts) Draw all the positional isomers for the compound which has the formula C6H3BrCl2. (Hint: This compound has a benzene ring.)
- 6.
- (5pts) Draw all the structural isomers for the compound which has the formula C4H8Cl2.
- 7.
- (5pts) Draw all the structural isomers for the compound which has the formula C5H11Cl.
Answers
| 5. | | There are 6 isomers. |
| 6. | | There are 7 isomers. |
| 7. | | There are 8 isomers. |
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