Organic Chemistry Practice Problems

Instructions

The following questions are meant to:

Provide additional practice in organic chemistry problem solving; and
Give you an idea of the style or format of questions which might be asked on typical Hardinger organic exams.

Many of these problems are drawn from past Hardinger exams. The list is intended to be illustrative, not comprehensive. That a question is or is not on this list, or a topic is not covered should not be construed to mean it will or will not be on an exam.

Give each problem serious effort before looking at the answers. Think the problem through and write down the answer just as if this was the real exam. However, don't spend more than ten minutes on any one aspect of the problem. If you don't have a good idea about it by then, you need to study the subject some more. Download the solutions only after you have given significant thought and written out answers to the questions below. Looking at the key before you have put in a good effort with the practice questions will reduce the learning value of your efforts.

"Briefly explain" usually means no more than 4 - 5 logical, concise sentences. Answers provided here are often longer, as they are intended to be more comprehensive than concise.

Your exam answers must stand for themselves. You cannot attempt to explain an answer after the exam is over. Therefore make sure that your answer says exactly what you want it to say. Also be sure that you have provided the exact information requested in the question.

Don't neglect the exercises in the text or review of previous exams from earlier in this quarter!

For additional problems, explore other organic chemistry class web pages.

Some of these Concept Focus Question and Practice Problems are in PDF format, and require the use of the Adobe Acrobat browser plug-in. You may also purchase a complete set of printed CFQ & PP for some courses, along with some practice exams, in the bookstore.

**Organic Chemistry Practice Problems**
*Each set of practice problems also contains links to relevant questions from previous Hardinger exams, or else these old exam questions have been incorporated into the Practice Problems.*
Chem 14C Organic Structure Basics Molecular Dynamics Conjugation and Molecular Orbital Theory Introduction to Aromaticity Transition Metal Complexes and Ligand Exchange Noncovalent Molecular Interactions Mass Spectrometry Infrared Spectroscopy Proton NMR Solving Spectroscopy Problems Carbon NMR, 2-D NMR, MRI X-ray Crystallography Lipids Carbohydrates Amino Acids and Proteins Nucleic Acids Molecular Recognition Organic Acids and Bases	Chem 30A Oxidation and Reduction Reactions Electrochemistry Resonance Functional Groups Molecular Geometry Molecular Dynamics Stereochemistry Mechanism Fundamentals Organic Acids and Bases Ionic Substitution (S_N2 and S_N1) Carbocation Fundamentals and Fates Elimination Reactions (E2/E1) Transition Metal Complexes and Ligand Exchange Free Radicals Also Useful: "Think About This" Lecture Bridge Problems
Chem 14D Organic Acids and Bases Reaction & Mechanism Fundamentals Mechanism Fundamentals Resonance Ionic Substitution S_N2 and S_N1 Elimination Reactions Electrophilic Addition to p Bonds (Alkene/Alkyne Fundamentals) Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Free Radicals Carbonyl Chemistry Fundamentals Survey of Mechanisms Enolates and Enols Organic Chemistry of Pharmaceuticals	Chem 30B Addition to Carbon-Carbon p Bonds Alcohols and Ethers Noncovalent Molecular Interactions Fundamentals of Carbonyl Chemistry Survey of Carbonyl Reactions and Mechanisms Multi-step Organic Synthesis Enolates and Enols 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds Conjugation and Molecular Orbital Theory Introduction to Aromaticity
Post No Bills	Chem 30C Amines Aromaticity Aryl Halides Biomolecular Structure Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins Carbohydrates Nucleic Acids Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Structure Determination Double Bond Equivalents and Mass Spectrometry Infrared Spectroscopy NMR Spectroscopy Proton NMR Carbon NMR Solving Spectroscopy Problems X-ray Crystallography Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Heterocycles Pericyclic Reactions Phenols and Quinones Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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