Deck 4: Nomenclature and Conformations of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

Question 1

What is the correct name for an alkane with 45 Carbons?

A) tetratetracontane
B) tetrapentacontane
C) pentatetracontane
D) pentapentacontane

Answer 1

pentatetracontane

Question 2

What is the correct name for an alkane with 62 Carbons?

A) dihexacontane
B) hexacosane
C) dohexacontane
D) hexadocontane

Answer 2

dohexacontane

Question 3

How many carbons in triaheptacontane?

A) 73
B) 37
C) 703
D) 370

Answer 3

73

Question 4

How many carbons in tetratriacontane?

A) 33
B) 34
C) 43
D) 430

Question 5

What is the correct IUPAC name for the following structure?

A) 2-ethylheptane
B) 2-methylhexane
C) 6-methylhexane
D) 2-methylpentane

Question 6

What is the correct IUPAC name for the following structure?

A) hexan-4-ol
B) hexanol
C) hexan-3-ol
D) 4-hexanol

Question 7

What is the correct IUPAC name for the following structure?

A) 3-bromo-4-chlorohexane
B) 3,4-dibromochloroheptane
C) 3-chloro-4-bromohexane
D) 4-bromo-3-chlorohexane

Question 8

What is the correct IUPAC name for the following structure?

A) 4-bromo-2-methyl-3-propylhept-5-ene
B) 4-bromo-6-methyl-5-propylhept-2-ene
C) 4-bromo-5-isopropyloct-2-ene
D) 5-bromo-4-isopropyloct-6-ene

Question 9

Which of the following structures represents 2-bromo-6-isobutyl-4-methyldec-3-en-1-ol?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 10

Which of the following structures represents 4-allyl-1-bromo-2-methylcyclohex-1-ene?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 11

Which of the following represents the Newman configuration of the following structure that is drawn by sighting down the bond connecting carbons 3 and 4 and showing carbon 3 in the front? Wedged groups will point to the right in the Newman picture and dashed groups to the left.

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 12

Which of the following represents the anti Newman configuration of the following structure that is drawn by sighting down the bond connecting carbons 3 and 4 and showing carbon 3 in the front? Bromine is the largest group on carbon 3 and phenyl is the largest group on carbon 4.

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 13

Which of the following represents the worst eclipsed Newman configuration of the following structure that is drawn by sighting down the bond connecting carbons 3 and 4 and showing carbon 3 in the front? Bromine is the largest group on carbon 3 and phenyl is the largest group on carbon 4.

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 14

Which represents the chair structure of the following with both groups axial?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 15

Which represents the chair structure of the following with a methyl group axial?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 16

What is the correct IUPAC name for the following structure?

A) 2-bromo-7-chloro-9-methylbicyclo[4.3.1]decane
B) 2-methyl-4-chloro-9-bromobicyclo[3.3.1]nonane
C) 2-bromo-4-methyl-6-chlorobicyclo[4.3.1]octane
D) 1-bromo-5-chloro-7-methybicyclo[4.3.1]octane

Question 17

Which of the following structures represents 3-bromobicyclo[3.2.1]octane?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV