What type of compound is formed when a secondary (2) alcohol is treated with Jones' reagent?
A)
an alkene
B)
an alkyne
C)
an aldehyde
D)
a ketone
E)
a carboxylic acid
Question 2The rate-determining step in the following reaction is:
A)
protonation of the alcohol
B)
ionization of the alcohol to give a carbocation.
C)
loss of water from the protonated alcohol to give a carbocation
D)
capture of a carbocation by bromide ion.
E)
displacement of water from the protonated alcohol by bromide ion.
Question 3The rate-determining step in the following reaction is:
A)
protonation of the alcohol.
B)
ionization of the alcohol to give a carbocation.
C)
loss of water from the protonated alcohol to give a carbocation.
D)
capture of a carbocation by bromide ion.
E)
displacement of water from the protonated alcohol by bromide ion.
Question 4Which statement is false?
Tert-Butyl alcohol reacts
A)
with HCl to give 2-methylpropene by an E1 mechanism.
B)
with HCl to give 2-chloro-2-methylpropane by an S
N1 mechanism.
C)
with HCl and HBr at very different rates.
D)
with HCl or HBr to give a carbocation intermediate.
E)
with HCl to give both 2-methylpropene and 2-chloro-2-methylpropane.