TEST BANK
Organic Chemistry
Janice Gorzynski Smith
6th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Structure and Bonding 1
Chapter 02 Acids and Bases 35
Chapter 03 Introduction to Organic Molecules and Functional Groups 63
Chapter 04 Alkanes 90
Chapter 05 Stereochemistry 120
Chapter 06 Understanding Organic Reactions 156
Chapter 07 Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution 182
Chapter 08 Alkyl Halides and Elimination Reactions 217
Chapter 09 Alcohols, Ethers, and Related Compounds 248
Chapter 10 Alkenes 278
Chapter 11 Alkynes 305
Chapter 12 Oxidation and Reduction 332
Chapter 13 Radical Reactions 360
Chapter 14 Conjugation, Resonance, and Dienes 388
Chapter 15 Benzene and Aromatic Compounds 418
Chapter 16 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds 442
Chapter 17 Introduction to Carbonyl Chemistry; Organometallic Reagents; Oxidation and
Reduction 478
Chapter 18 Aldehydes and Ketones Nucleophilic Addition 509
Chapter 19 Carboxylic Acids and the Acidity of the O-H Bond 541
Chapter 20 Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution 567
Chapter 21 Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds at the a Carbon 593
Chapter 22 Carbonyl Condensation Reactions 620
Chapter 23 Amines 649
Chapter 24 Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions in Organic Synthesis 688
Chapter 25 Pericyclic Reactions 721
Chapter 26 Carbohydrates 750
Chapter 27 Amino Acids and Proteins 782
Chapter 28 Synthetic Polymers 806
Chapter 29 Lipids 830
Spectroscopy A Mass Spectrometry 852
Spectroscopy B Infrared Spectroscopy 861
Spectroscopy C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 884
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Test Bank - Organic Chemistry, 6th Edition (Smith, 2020)
Organic Chemistry, 6e (Smith)
Chapter 1 Structure and Bonding
1) What is the ground-state electronic configuration of a carbon atom?
A) 1s2, 2s2, 2p5
B) 1s2, 2s2, 2p2
C) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6
D) 1s2, 2s2, 2p4
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
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2) What is the ground-state electronic configuration of a fluorine atom?
A) 1s2, 2s2, 2p2
B) 1s2, 2s2, 2p3
C) 1s2, 2s2, 2p4
D) 1s2, 2s2, 2p5
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
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3) What is the ground-state electronic configuration of a magnesium cation (Mg2+)?
A) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6
B) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s1
C) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2
D) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p2
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
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4) What is the ground-state electronic configuration of a chlorine anion (Cl—)?
A) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6
B) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p6
C) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p5
D) 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p4
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
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5) Which of the following statements about valence electrons is true?
A) They are the most tightly held electrons.
B) They do not participate in chemical reactions.
C) They are the outermost electrons.
D) They reveal the period number of a second-row element.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
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6) Which of the following atoms will have a full 3s orbital in the ground state?
A) Hydrogen
B) Lithium
C) Potassium
D) Rubidium
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.01
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
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Test Bank - Organic Chemistry, 6th Edition (Smith, 2020)
7) Which of the following statements about bonding is true?
A) Covalent bonds result from the transfer of electrons from one element to another.
B) Ionic bonds result from the transfer of electrons from a metal to a non-metal.
C) Ionic bonds result from the sharing of electrons between two non-metals.
D) Covalent bonds result from the sharing of electrons between two metals.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.02
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Chapter: 01
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8) Which of the following would you expect to have ionic bonds?
A) CO
B) FBr
C) NF3
D) NaCl
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.02
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
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9) Which of the following molecules has nonpolar covalent bonds?
A) HCl
B) N2
C) CHCl3
D) NO
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.02
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
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10) Which of the following molecules contain both covalent and ionic bonds?
A) I, II
B) I, IV
C) II, III
D) II, IV
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.02
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
11) Which of the following would most likely form an ionic bond?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.02
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
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12) Which of the following statements correctly describes the typical number of bonds for
carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in most neutral organic molecules?
A) Carbon forms 4 covalent bonds, nitrogen forms 2 covalent bonds, and oxygen forms 3
covalent bonds.
B) Carbon forms 4 covalent bonds, nitrogen forms 3 covalent bonds, and oxygen forms 2
covalent bonds.
C) Carbon forms 4 covalent bonds, nitrogen forms 5 covalent bonds, and oxygen forms 2
covalent bonds.
D) Carbon forms 4 covalent bonds, nitrogen forms 5 covalent bonds, and oxygen forms 4
covalent bonds.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.02
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Chapter: 01
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13) Which is not an acceptable Lewis structure for the anion CH2NCO—?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.03
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
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14) Which of the following Lewis structures is correct?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.03
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
15) Which of the following Lewis structures is correct?
A) I, II
B) I, III
C) II, III
D) III, IV
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.03
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
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