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    This document contains the topics and questions that will be covered on an Organic Chemistry II exam at Alupe University. Students will be tested on their understanding of terms related to chirality such as plane polarized light, enantiomers, chiral molecules, and achiral molecules. They will also need to draw structural formulas and identify chiral centers. Several questions involve determining R and S configurations of molecules and explaining an elimination reaction mechanism. The exam concludes with questions distinguishing constitutional and stereoisomers and explaining why a racemic mixture is optically inactive.

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    This document contains the topics and questions that will be covered on an Organic Chemistry II exam at Alupe University. Students will be tested on their understanding of terms related to chirality such as plane polarized light, enantiomers, chiral molecules, and achiral molecules. They will also need to draw structural formulas and identify chiral centers. Several questions involve determining R and S configurations of molecules and explaining an elimination reaction mechanism. The exam concludes with questions distinguishing constitutional and stereoisomers and explaining why a racemic mixture is optically inactive.

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    ALUPE UNIVERSITY

    CHE 203: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II. CAT 1. WEDNESDAY 23RD MARCH 2023

    a. Define the following terms giving relevant examples where applicable


    i. Plane polarized light (2 Marks)
    ii. Enantiomers (2 Marks)
    iii. Chiral molecule (2 Marks)
    iv. An a chiral molecule (2 Marks)
    b. Draw the structures of the following compounds and show the assymetric carbon
    using an asterisk
    i. 4 – Octanol (2 Marks)
    ii. 2,4 – Dimethylhexane (2 Marks)
    c. Identify the configuration of the following molecules as either R or S configuration;
    clearly showing your working:
    i.

    (2 Marks)
    ii.

    (2 Marks)
    d. Derive the E1 mechanism for the elimination reaction involving 2 – Bromo – 2 –

    Methylbutane in ethanol (4 Marks)

    e. Differentiate between constitutional isomers and stereoisomers, citing relevant


    examples in each case (4 Marks)
    f. A racemic mixture/racemate is optically inactive. Explain this observation (1 Mark)

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