Organic Test 4 Flashcards
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2
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Do ethers participate in hydrogen bonding?
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With water they can, but not with each other because they don’t have an O-H
3
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What is the IUPAC method for naming ethers?
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IUPAC names use the more complex alkyl group as the root name, and the rest of the ether as an alkoxy group (i.e. methoxycyclohexane)
4
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What is the IUPAC method for naming epoxides?
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One systematic method for naming epoxides is to name the rest of the molecule and use the term “epoxy” as a substituent, giving the numbers of the two carbon atoms bonded to the epoxide oxygen
5
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How do you find an ether in IR spectroscopy?
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an R-O-R group can be determined based on the absence of carbonyl and hydroxyl groups
