Questions from Organic Chemistry


Q: Identify whether hexane or water would be more appropriate for extracting terpenes

Identify whether hexane or water would be more appropriate for extracting terpenes from plant tissues. Explain your choice.

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Q: Identify each of the following fatty acids as saturated or unsaturated:

Identify each of the following fatty acids as saturated or unsaturated: a. Palmitic acid b. Myristic acid c. Oleic acid d. Lauric acid e. Linoleic acid f. Arachidonic acid

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Q: Which of the fatty acids in the previous problem has four carbon

Which of the fatty acids in the previous problem has four carbon-carbon double bonds?

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Q: Which of the following statements applies to triolein? a.

Which of the following statements applies to triolein? a. It is a solid at room temperature. b. It is unreactive toward molecular hydrogen in the presence of Ni. c. It undergoes hydrolysis to produ...

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Q: Identify which of the following statements applies to tristearin: a

Identify which of the following statements applies to tristearin: a. It is a solid at room temperature. b. It is unreactive toward molecular hydrogen in the presence of Ni. c. It undergoes hydrolys...

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Q: One of the compounds present in carnauba wax was isolated, purified

One of the compounds present in carnauba wax was isolated, purified, and then treated with aqueous sodium hydroxide to yield an alcohol with 30 carbon atoms and a carboxylate ion with 20 carbon atoms...

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Q: Draw the structures of trimyristin and tripalmitin and determine which is expected

Draw the structures of trimyristin and tripalmitin and determine which is expected to have the lower melting point. Explain your choice.

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Q: Draw a mechanism for the transesterification of trimyristin using excess isopropanol in

Draw a mechanism for the transesterification of trimyristin using excess isopropanol in the presence of an acid catalyst.

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Q: 87. What is the major product of this reaction?

87. What is the major product of this reaction? 88. Which compounds will react with each other in the presence of catalytic acid to give CH3CH2CO2C(CH3)3 via a Fischer esterification process? 89. W...

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Q: Draw a mechanism for the base-catalyzed transesterification of trimyristin using

Draw a mechanism for the base-catalyzed transesterification of trimyristin using ethanol in the presence of sodium hydroxide.

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