Quiz 3 Flashcards
49) Which of the following statements is not true about electromagnetic radiation?
A) The velocity of light is directly proportional to the energy.
B) All molecules absorb electromagnetic radiation at some frequency.
C) Frequency is inversely proportional to wavelength.
D) Energy is directly proportional to frequency.
E) Energy is inversely proportional to wavelength.
A) The velocity of light is directly proportional to the energy.
50) Which of the following regions of the electromagnetic spectrum has the greatest energy per photon?
A) visible
B) microwave
C) radio
D) ultraviolet
E) infrared
D) ultraviolet
51) Which of the following normally occurs in a molecule when a photon of infrared light is absorbed?
A) An electron moves to an orbital of higher potential energy.
B) A transition between allowed vibrational energy states occurs.
C) An electron changes alignment in a magnetic field.
D) The molecule gains an electron.
E) The molecule loses an electron.
B) A transition between allowed vibrational energy states occurs.
54) In the electromagnetic spectrum, ________ frequencies, ________ wavenumbers, and ________ wavelengths are associated with high energy.
A) high, small, long
B) low, large, short
C) low, small, short
D) high, large, short
E) high, small, short
D) high, large, short
61) Which of the following are considered to be bending (in-plane) vibrations?
A) scissoring and wagging
B) scissoring and twisting
C) rocking and wagging
D) rocking and twisting
E) scissoring and rocking
E) scissoring and rocking
62) Which of the following solvents is best used in infrared spectroscopy?
B) II
63) Which of the infrared regions is considered to be the fingerprint region?
A) 4000cm-1 - 1000cm-1
B) 4000μm - 1000μm
C) 2200μm - 1000μm
D) 1000cm-1 - 400cm-1
E) 1000μm - 400μm
D) 1000cm-1 - 400cm-1
64) Which of the following is not a common bending vibration of a CH2 group?
A) flip
B) rock
C) scissor
D) twist
E) wag
A) flip
65) Which of the following increases the absorbance of a solution of phenol in ethanol?
A) increasing the amount of phenol in the solution
B) decreasing the amount of ethanol in the solution
C) decreasing the light path through the solution
D) both A and B
E) both B and C
D) both A and B
67) Which molecule below has a significant band in the IR at 3400 cm-1 (strong and broad)?
A) CH3CH2CH2OH
B) CH3C≡CCH2CH3
C) CH3CH2CH(NH2)CH3
D) (CH3)3N
E) CH3CO2CH2CH3
A) CH3CH2CH2OH
68) Which molecule below has a significant band in the IR at 2220 cm-1 (medium)?
A) CH3CH2CH2OH
B) CH3C≡CCH2CH3
C) CH3CH2CH(NH2)CH3
D) (CH3)3N
E) CH3CO2CH2CH3
B) CH3C≡CCH2CH3
69) Which molecule below has a significant band in the 1720 - 1780 cm-1 range of its IR spectrum?
A) CH3CH2CH2OH
B) CH3C≡CCH2CH3
C) CH3CH2CH(NH2)CH3
D) (CH3)3N
E) CH3CO2CH2CH3
E) CH3CO2CH2CH3
70) Which of the following statements best explains the information we can gain from infrared spectroscopy?
A) It allows us to determine the number of protons in a compound.
B) It allows us to determine the kinds of functional groups in a compound.
C) It allows us to determine the molecular weight and the mass of some fragments of a compound.
D) It allows us to determine the presence and nature of a carbocation in the compound.
E) It allows us to determine the presence and nature of a free radical in the compound.
B) It allows us to determine the kinds of functional groups in a compound.
71) Which compound would be expected to show intense IR absorption at 1715 cm-1?
A) CH3CH2CO2H
B) 1-hexene
C) 2-methylhexane
D) CH3CH2CH2NH2
A) CH3CH2CO2H
72) Which compound would be expected to show intense IR absorption at 1746 cm-1?
A) CH3CH2OCH2CH3
B) CH3CO2CH3
C) CH3CH2CCH
D) CH3CH2SCH3
B) CH3CO2CH3
73) Identify the bond with the lowest wavenumber in the IR spectrum.
A) C=O
B) C-O
C) O-H in alcohol
D) N-H
E) C-H
B) C-O
74) Which of the following wavenumbers corresponds to the bond shown below?
C trriple C
A) 1650 cm-1
B) 2100 cm-1
C) 1100 cm-1
D) 3300 cm-1
E) 2850 cm-1
B) 2100 cm-1
75) Identify the compound that has a formula of C5H10 and bending vibrations at 990 and 910 cm-1.
A) 1-pentene
B) cis-2-pentene
C) trans-2-pentene
D) 2-methyl-1-butene
E) 2-methyl-2-butene
A) 1-pentene
76) At what wavenumber will the C-H stretch involving an sp carbon appear?
A) 2700 cm-1
B) 2900 cm-1
C) 3100 cm-1
D) 3300 cm-1
E) 3500 cm-1
D) 3300 cm-1
77) Which of the following carbonyl groups exhibits the highest wavenumber in infrared spectroscopy?
C) III
78) Which compound’s carbonyl stretch occurs at the greatest wavenumber?
A) CH3CH2CH2CHO
B) CH3COCH2CH3
C) CH3CH2CONH2
D) CH3CH2CO2CH3
E) CH3CH2COCH2CH3
D) CH3CH2CO2CH3
79) Which compound’s carbonyl stretch occurs at the lowest wavenumber?
A) CH3CH2CH2CHO
B) CH3COCH2CH3
C) CH3CH2CONH2
D) CH3CH2CO2CH3
E) CH3CH2COCH2CH3
C) CH3CH2CONH2