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Organic Chemistry for Health Sciences

Prof. Hussein M. Alhendawi
Homework-1

1. Draw all resonance structures (included the hydride resonance structure) of SO42-.

2. Calculate the formal charges of the underlined atoms in the following compounds:
Hint: draw the lewis structures of these compounds.
a) CH3OH

b) H4NCl

3. Draw the line-angle formulas of the following compounds:

a)
CH3

CH3CHCH2CH2CH2CHCH2CH2CH2CH3

CH2

HC CH3

CH3

b)
OH

C C2H5

C2H5
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4. Name the following compounds:

a)

b)

5. Draw the most and the least stable conformations of the following compound:

H
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6. Write the mechanism of the following reaction:

light
+ Br2

Br

Good Luck
Prof. Hussein Alhendawi