Organic 15: Alcohols, Diols, & Thiols

Question 1

Diols

Answer 1

compounds that bear 2 hydroxyl groups

Question 2

Vicinal diols

Answer 2

diols that have their hydroxyl groups on adjacent carbons

Question 3

Dihydroxylation

Answer 3

reaction or sequence of reactions in which an alkene is converted to a vicinal diol

Question 4

Thiols

Answer 4

sulfur analogs of alcohols (RSH)

Question 5

Mercaptans

Answer 5

at one time, thiols were named this; this nomenclature was abandoned beginning with the 1965 revision of the IUPAC rules but is still sometimes encountered

Question 6

Alkanethiolate

Answer 6

a thiol can be quantitatively converted to its conjugate base (RS-) by hydroxide; consequently, thiols dissolve in aqueous base

Question 7

Disulfides

Answer 7

a compound of the type RSSR’; most important oxidation is the conversion of thiols to this

Question 8

Condensation

Answer 8

reaction in which 2 molecules combine to form a larger one while liberating a small molecule