Exam 10: Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions

What is the correct assignment of the functional groups in the following compounds?

Draw the major products of the following biochemical reaction (where R = a fatty acid chain).

Draw the structure of prop-2-enamide.

Instructions: Give the major organic product(s) for each of the following reactions or sequences of reactions. Show all relevant stereochemistry. -Give major product(s):

Instructions: Give the major organic product(s) for each of the following reactions or sequences of reactions. Show all relevant stereochemistry. -Give the major product(s):

Instructions: Draw structures corresponding to each of the following IUPAC names. -Draw: N,N-dimethylformamide

Instructions: Provide the missing structure(s) or reagent(s) for each reaction or sequences of reactions. Show all relevant stereochemistry. -Provide missing structure(s):

What is the correct structure for phenylbenzoate?

Instructions: Draw structures corresponding to each of the following IUPAC names. -Draw: 2-propylpentanoic acid

Instructions: Draw structures corresponding to each of the following IUPAC names. -Draw: cyanoacetic acid

Instructions: Provide the missing structure(s) or reagent(s) for each reaction or sequences of reactions. Show all relevant stereochemistry. -Provide missing structure(s):

What is the major organic product produced by the following reaction?

Instructions: Provide the missing structure(s) or reagent(s) for each reaction or sequences of reactions. Show all relevant stereochemistry. -Provide missing structure(s):

Instructions: Consider the information below to answer the following question(s). The reaction of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol in the presence of acid is termed a Fischer esterification. -Refer to instructions. What would be the identity of A, B and C needed to produce the following compound?

Which of the following is the correct order of decreasing acid strength (more acidic > less acidic)?

Draw the major product of the following reaction.

Which of the following does not represent a similarity between nitriles and carboxylic acids?

Instructions: Consider the data in the table below to answer the following question(s). -Refer to instructions. Which of the acids in the table has the strongest conjugate base?

Instructions: Consider the data in the table below to answer the following question(s). -Refer to instructions. Explain why cyanoacetic acid and methoxyacetic acid are more acidic than their correspondingly substituted benzoic acid counterparts.

What is the major organic product produced by the following reaction?