6.3 - Organic Synthesis and Practical Techniques

Question 1

how can you increase the length of a carbon chain?

Answer 1

by reacting an organic compound that contains a slightly positive carbon centre with a cyanide reagent

Question 2

name three examples of cyanide reagents:

Answer 2

1. potassium cyanide
2. sodium cyanide
3. hydrogen cyanide

Question 3

what bond type is usually present in haloalkanes?

Answer 3

polar carbon-halogen bonds

Question 4

how are halogens’ carbon’s electron deficient?

Answer 4

halogen is more electronegative than carbon

Question 5

what occurs when a nucleophilic substitution reaction occurs with a haloalkane?

Answer 5

when a nucleophile reacts with the positive