Self Quiz Answers

Choose the best answer for questions 1-4.

1. How are the following structural formulas related?

a. All are the same compound.
b. All are the same structural isomer.
c. There are three different structural isomers.
d. There are two structural isomers plus one different compound.
|e. There are two structural isomers, two structures are identical. The first and second structures are different representations of the same compound (1-fluoropropane) and the third structure is the isomer (2-fluoropropane).

2. Which of the following structural features is associated with alkanes?

|a. C-to-C single bond
b. C-to-C double bond
c. C-to-C triple bond
d. benzene ring
e. halogen bonded to C

4. Nonpolar molecules are generally _____ in water.

a. soluble
|b. insoluble

Write out your answers to the following questions.

5. Define organic chemistry.

Briefly, organic chemistry is the study of carbon-containing compounds.

6. Indicate which of the following combinations which have allowable bonding arrangements.

*C-O      *C=C       C=H      C=Cl

7. What is the laboratory test for an alkyl halide?

An alkyl halide will generate a green flame when a hot copper wire is dipped into it and returned to a Bunsen burner flame.

8. Identify what type of formula each of the following are:

9. Classify and name this compound.

10. What is it that causes organic compounds to have infrared spectra?

The ability of bonded atoms in the molecules to vibrate with different amounts of energy allows the molecules to absorb the energy of infrared light.

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