Which of the following compounds will not undergo reaction with an enolate?
A) 1-pentene
B) bromine
C) Propanal
D) 1-bromobutane
E) benzoyl chloride
A) 1-pentene
The relationship between ketones and their corresponding enols is one of:
A) allotropes
B) tautomers
C) enantiomers
D) diastereomers
E) cis-trans isomers
B) tautomers
Which of the following reagents will quanititatively convert an enolizable ketone to its enolate salt?
A) lithium hydroxide
B) lithium diisopropylamide
C) methyllithium
D) diethyllithium
E) pyridine
B) lithium diisopropylamide
The reaction of LDA with acetophenone produce:
A) an enol
B) an enolate
C) an ylide
D) alkylation
E) halogenation
B) an enolate
Disregarding stereoisomers, how many different enols can phenylacetone form?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4
C) 2
Disregarding stereoisomers, how many different enols can the beta-diketone Ch3CoCh2CoCh2Ch3 form?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4
E) 4
What type of product results when 3-pentanone is treated with LDA at low temperature?
A) enolate
B) enol
C) amide
D) imine
E) enamine
A) enolate
When 2-methylcyclohexanone is treated with catalytic base in excess D2O, how many deuterium atoms become incorporated in the organic compound?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3.
E) 4
D) 3
When ketone and its enol are in equilibrium, under most conditions the concentration of the enol is _____ the concentration of the ketones
A) slightly higher than
B) equal to
C) much higher than
D) much lower than
E) exactly half of
D) much lower than
(S)-2-methylbutanal _____ upon sitting in the acidic or a basic aquoes solution
A) racemizes
B) esterifies
C) inverts completely to the R config
D) hydrolyzes
E) irreversibly forms the hydrate
A) racemizes
Which of the following will alkylate a lithium enolate most rapidly?
A) methyl bromide
B) isopropyl bromide
C) neopentyl bromide
D) bromobenzene
E) 2-methylbromobenzene
A) methyl bromide
Methylamine reacts with acetophenone to yield the:
A) iminium salt
B) imine
C) acetal
D) amide
E) enamine
B) imine
Which of the following will react most slowly with an enamine?
A) isopropyl chloride
B) methyl bromide
C) acetyl chloride
D) benzyl chloride
E) allyl bromide
A) isopropyl chloride
What type of product results when 3-pentanone reacts with dimethylamine?
A) enolate
B) enol
C) amide
D) imine
E) enamine
E) enamine
Which of the following ketones will give a positive iodoform test?
A) 4-heptanone
B) 3-hexanone
C) 2-hexanone
D) cyclohexanone
E) 2-methyl-3-pentanone
C) 2-hexanone
The alpha-halogenation of cyclohexanone:
A) is catalyzed by base
B) is slowed by the presence of acid
C) requires one equivalent of base
D) requires one equivalent of acid
E) is catalyzed by the sodium halide salt
C) requires one equivalent of base
What is the carbon nucleophile which attacks molecular bromine in the acid-catalyzed alpha-bromination of a ketone?
A) an enolate
B) a grignard reagent
C) an acetlyide
D) a carbocation
E) an enol
E) an enol
When aldehydes are subjected to the same conditions that alpha-halogenate ketones, they are:
A) alpha-halogenated as well
B) reduced to alcohols
C) converted to the acid halide
D) oxidized to the acid or carboxylate
E) esterified
D)oxidized to the acid or carboxylate
In the iodoform reaction, a mehtyl ketone is converted to the ____ upon treatment with excess iodine and hydroxide.
A) carboxylate
B) acyl iodide
C) primary alkyl iodide
D) aldehyde
E) primary amide
A) carboxylate
What reagents are needed to complete the following synthesis?
A) 1) Naoh/heat 2) HCL
B) NaOH/ I2 2) HCL
C) warm conc, KMnO4/ Naoh 2) HCL
D) Ag(Nh3)2OH 2) HCL
B) NaOH/ I2 2) HCL
The Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction involves:
A) the alpha-bromination of carboxylic acids
B) the alpha bromination of ketones
C) the bromination of alcohols
D) the oxidation of aldehydes to acids
E) none of the above
A) the alpha-bromination of carboxylic acids
An enolate attacks an aldehyde and the resulting product is subsequently protonated. What type of reaction is this?
A) a Fischer esterification
B) an acid-catalyzed aldol condensation
C) a base-mediated aldol condensation
D) a Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
E) a Selman-jones reaction
C) a base-mediated aldol condensation
The aldol condensation is:
A) an irreversible reaction
B) an equilibrium reaction
C) a tautomerization
D) an isomerization
E) a type of esterification
B) an equilibrium reaction
Which of the following is another name for the product of an aldol condensation?
A) beta-hydroxyaldehyde
B) alpha-hydroxyaldehyde
C) acetal
D) beta-ketoester
E) 1,3-dialdehyde
A) beta-hydroxyaldehyde
Which of the following could result from the dehydration of a self-aldol condensation?
A) 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one
B) 4-methyl-4-penten-2-one
C) 4-methyl-5-hexen-2-one
D) 4-methyl-4-hexen-2-one
E) 3-methyl-4-penten-2-one
A) 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one
What product results when an aldol is dehydrated?
A) conjugated alkyne
B) beta-diketone
C) beta-ketoester
D) alpha, beta - unsaturated aldehyde
E) beta,gamma- unsaturated aldehyde
D) alpha, beta - unsaturated aldehyde
In theory a poorly planned crossed aldol reaction can produce how many different aldol regioisomers?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
D) 4

Predict the Pka unit of the indicated proton within the plus/minus 1 pka unit?
A) 5
B) 11
C) 19
D) 24
D) 24
Which of the following is least likely to undergo a smooth crossed Claisen condensation with methyl pentanoate??
A) (Ch3)3CCO2Ch3
B) PhCH2CO2Ch3
C) PhCo2Ch3
D) HCo2Ch3
B) PhCH2CO2Ch3
Which of the following is most acidic?
A) acetone
B) ethyl acetate
C) malonic ester
D) acetoacetic ester
E) acetaldehyde
D) acetoacetic ester
What is the approximate pKA of acetone?
A) 45
B) 20
C) 13
D) 10
E) 4
B) 20
What is the approximate pKa of diethyl malonate?
A) 45
B) 20
C) 13
D) 10
E) 4
C) 13

Which of the following structures could be constructed by way of a malonate ester alkylation?
A) 1 only
B) 3 only
C) 3 and 4
D) 1 and 3
C) 3 and 4
In the Michael reaction, addition to the alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl occurs in a:
A) 1,2-fashion
B) 1,3-fashion
C) 1,4-fashion
D) 1,5-fashion
E) Diels-Alder reaction
C) 1,4-fashion
Which of the following is a nucleophile that does conjugate additions?
A) Ch2-ChChO
B) Ch2-ChCn
C) Ch2-ChCo2Ch3
D) Ch3Ch2MgBr
E) (Ch3)2CuLi
E) (Ch3)2CuLi

Which of the following is the best Michael acceptor??
D

The following compound was found to inhibit HIV -1(J. Med.Chem. 2013, 1812). Predict the structure of the hydrolysis product.

B

What reagents are needed to complete the following synthesis?
A) 1)NaOH/heat, 2) HCl (aq)
B) 1) NaOH/I2, 2) HCl (aq)
C) 1) warm conc. KMnO4/ NaOh, 2) HCl (aq)
D) 1) AG(NH3)2OH, 2) HCl (aq)
B) 1) NaOH/I2, 2) HCl (aq)

A) greater than 1
B) less than 1
A) greater than 1

A) greater than 1
B) less than 1
B) less than 1

A) greater than 1
B) less than 1
A) greater than 1

Rank the following compounds in order of decreasing acidity
A) A>D>B>C
B) B>C>A>D
C) D>A>C>B
D) C>B>D>A
A) A>D>B>C

Which is an aldol condensation product derived from the self-condensation of 2-butanone?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
C) C

Which set of conditions will perform the following transformation?
A) HBr, H2O2
B) Br2, NaOH
C) a. Br2/PBr3 b. H2O
D) NBS, light
C) a. Br2/PBr3 b. H2O

What is the product of the following reaction?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
C) C

What is the product of the following reaction?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
C) C