Organic Chemistry Quiz Information

The general information listed below reflects topics to be covered during the semester for the weekly quizzes.  Quizzes may not be in the order reflected here, but will be announced on the Monday prior to the quiz.  In addition, if it is felt that a particular topic needs to be repeated, then it can be included in another quiz.  In essence, the topic numbers shown below do not necessarily correspond with the actual quiz number given during the semester (e.g., Quiz #5, may cover the information contained in Topic #4: Reaction essentials below).

Information about compound names, structures, and functional groups can be found online:

• Organic Compound Naming
• Principal Functional Groups and Organic Reactions

Chem210 sample quizzes for Fall Semester 2002

To download the NMR quiz, go to: NMR Quiz

Topic #1: General chemistry, molecular structure, acids and bases, and bonding

• Lewis dot structures
• VSEPR
• Orbital hybridization
• Molecular orbital model
• Arrhenius model
  • acid — H⁺ producer
  • base — OH^- producer
• Brønsted-Lowry model
  • acid — proton donor
  • base — proton acceptor
• Lewis acid-base model
  • acid — electron pair acceptor
  • base — electron pair donor
• Conjugate acids & bases

Topic #2: Hydrocarbon compounds and groups

• alkanes
• alkenes
• alkynes
• aromatic (arene)
• alkyl group names
• haloalkanes

Topic #3: Functional group names

• alcohols
• thiols
• ethers
• amines
• carboxylic acid
• aldehydes
• ketones
• esters

Topic #4: Reaction essentials

• catalysts
• potential energy diagrams
• nucleophiles (bases)
  • how can you produce a better nucleophile?
• electrophiles (acids)
  • compounds containing ionizable H (e.g., H—Br, H—OH, etc.)
  • compounds that can accept electron pair
• leaving groups
• Nucleophilic substitutions: S_N1 & S_N2
• reaction mechanisms

Topic #5: Carboxylic acid and derivatives

• carboxylic acids
• esters
• acid anhydrides
• amides
• acid halides (e.g., acyl chlorides)
• structures of acid derivatives
• nomenclature for acid derivatives