CHEM 2301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Alkane, Carboxylic Acid, Aldehyde
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Please make sure that you have all 11 pages before you get started; page 10 has. This exam consists of 11 pages (1-11) including this one. important ir data and the last one is a piece of scrap paper. You have 1 hour to answer all of the following questions. Note the point values (110 total), be sure to budget your time, and write all your answers below in ink. Complete the following reactions by providing the missing information. Be sure to provide stereochemical information as appropriate. a. b. Tautomerization of the enol shown below to the conjugated cyclohexenone takes place under acidic conditions via a two step mechanism. Provide balanced equations for both of these steps (i. e. , show the mechanism for the indicated transformation). Show how to transform ethyne (acetylene) into the indicated diols by sequences of two or more steps using reagents of your choosing.
