514 Chapter 15
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Chapter 15 Practice Test
1.
Circle the compound in each pair that is more reactive toward nucleophilic acyl substitution.
a.
OCH
3
CH
3
NHCH
3
CH
3
CH
3
O
OCH
3
O CH
3
NO
2
O CH
3
CH
3
Cl
CH
3
or
or
or
or
C
OCH
3
O
C
O
C
O
CH
3
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
CH
3
C
O
C
O
C
O
b.
c.
d.
2.
What is each compound’s systematic name?
H
N
O
OH
O
O CH
3
O O
OCH
3
O
a.
b.
c.
d.
3.
Give an example of each of the following:
a.
a symmetrical anhydride
b.
a hydrolysis reaction
c.
a transesterification reaction
d.
aminolysis of an ester
4.
What carbonyl compound will be obtained from collapse of each of the following tetrahedral intermediates?
O
C NH
2
OH
CH
3
−
c.
OH
C NH
3
OH
CH
3
+
a.
OH
C OCH
3
OH
H
CH
3
+
b.
OH
C OCH
3
OH
CH
3
d.
+
H




