Practice Nucleophilic Addition Reactions (8.4.1) - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

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Question 1.
What is a nucleophile?
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Think about what nucleophiles do in a reaction.
Question 2.
What do we get when HCN adds to an aldehyde?
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Consider what type of compounds result from this addition.
3Question 3.
What is a nucleophile?
- Electron-poor species
- Electron-rich species
- Neutral species
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Think about what they do in a reaction.
4Question 4.
T/F: Aldehydes are generally less reactive than ketones.
- True
- False
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Consider the structure of aldehydes versus ketones.
Question 5.
Consider the following reaction: predict the products of the addition of HCN to 2-butanone.
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Identify the structure of 2-butanone and analyze the addition.
Question 6.
Discuss how you might employ nucleophilic addition reactions in creating a complex molecule for an organic synthesis project.
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Consider multi-step synthesis approaches.

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