Exam 1 Study Guide

1    Review all assigned homework problems.

2    Review all lecture material.

3    Review the "other assignments" on the syllabus.

4    Check out the following links 

I found a gold mine of Organic chemistry practice problems  at Michigan State University and have copied the most useful links for our first exam here. You MUST use the Back arrow after each problem I have selected to come back to this page in order to go to the next problem. DO NOT click on the "Return to Interactive Problems" button at the bottom of their questions since that will take you to their site. However, if you wish to go to their site and stay there, you can click on the link above.  I hope you find this useful. The following is copied and edited for your use.  D. Oliver

Organic Chemistry Practice Problems at Michigan State University and Other Places

The following problems are meant to be useful study tools for students involved in most undergraduate organic chemistry courses.  The problems have been color-coded to indicate if they are:
bullet Generally useful,
bullet Most likely to be useful to students in year long, rather than survey courses,
bullet Most likely to be useful only to students in courses for chemistry majors and/or honors students.
Some of these problems make use of a Molecular Editor drawing application. To practice using this editor Click Here.
General Questions
  1. Question: Enol Tautomers
Nomenclature
  1. Question: Substituted benzenes. Drawing formulas from names.
  2. Question: Matching alcohols to their names I
  3. Question: Matching alcohols to their names II
  4. Question: Alcohols: Drawing formulas from names.
  5. Question: Naming alcohols
  6. Question: Naming benzene derivatives
  7. Question: Drawing aldehyde & ketone formulas from names.
  8. Question: Drawing carboxylic acid & derivative formulas.
Aromaticity
  1. Question: Identifying Aromatic Compounds
  2. Question: Aromaticity and the Huckel Rule I
  3. Question: Aromaticity and the Huckel Rule II
Acidity and Basicity
  1. Question: Acid-Base Equilibrium Relationships
  2. Question: Relative Acidity (First two parts)
  3. Question: Relative Acid Strength I
  4. Question: Relative Acid Strength II
  5. Question: Relative Acid Strength III
  6. Question: Relative Acidity, phenols
Mechanisms
  1. Question: Mechanism of Acid-Catalyzed Acetal Formation
  2. Question: Evaluating Curved Arrows

Problems from other sources
  1. Question: Making aldehydes and ketones
  2. Question: Reactions of Aldehydes
  3. Question: Aldehyde and ketone synthesis
  4. Question: Aldehyde and ketone reactions
  5. Question: Spectroscopy problem 
  6. Question: Benzene  Monosubstituted directing effects
  7. Question: Predicting products of Benzene derravitives
  8. Question: Synthesis of benzene compounds
  9. Question: A challenge
  10. Question: Carboxilic acid acidity

 

 

 

   General Reactivity and Reactions

    Oxidation and Reduction

  1. Question: Oxidation/Reduction

    2. Electrophiles and Nucleophiles

  2. Question: Identifying Electrophiles
  3. Question: Identifying Nucleophiles

    4. Functional Group Reactions

  4. Question: Functional Relationships of Alcohols
  5. Question: Reactions of Alcohols & Phenols
  6. Question: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
  7. Question: Directing Effects in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution I
  8. Question: Directing Effects in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution II
  9. Question: Directing Effects in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution III
  10. Question: Products in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
  11. Question: Reactions of Isobutanol
  12. Question: Reactions of Aldehydes
  13. Question: Addition Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones
  14. Question: Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones
  15. Question: Carbonyl Compounds
  16. Question: Reactions of Carboxylic Acids
  17. Question: A Structural Puzzle

    18. Other Reactivity Questions

  18. Question: Classifying Reactions & Acid / Base Catalysis
  19. Question: Nucleophilic Substitution Mechanisms
  20. Question: Nucleophilic Substitution Relative Rates
  21. Question: Ether Preparation Reactant Selection
  22. Question: A Matching Problem for Aldehydes & Ketones
  23. Question: A Selection Problem for Aldehyde & Ketone Chemistry
  24. Question: Aldol Condensation Reactants
  25. Question: Claisen Condensation Reactants
Synthesis
  1. Question: Reactions that Generate Aldehydes & Ketones
  2. Question: A Reagent Selection Problem
  3. Question: Introduction to Multistep Synthesis
  4. Question: Use of Nitrobenzene in Synthesis
  5. Question: Predicting Products from Multistep Syntheses I
  6. Question: Predicting Products from Multistep Syntheses II
  7. Question: A Multistep Synthesis Exercise

Most of the Interactive Organic Chemistry Practice Problems have been developed by

Professor William Reusch and Dr. Abby Parrill.  Additional authors are indicated on individual pages.
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