CHM 112 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1) The common feature of organic chemicals is that they contain---------- (a)fluorine

(b)carbon (c)lithium (d)vinyl group

2) The ability of atoms to join together is termed------------ (a)catenation (b)cracking

(c)hydrogenation (d)catalysis

3) Organic chemicals were thought to be found in only----------- (a)non-living things

(b)semi-living things (c)living things (d)none of the above

4) Inorganic chemicals were thought to be found in---------- (a)living things

(b)non-livingthings (c)all of the above (d)none of the above

5) Ethanoic acid is used in----------- (a)sugar (b)petrol (c)clothing (d)vinegar

6) Which of the following substance is contained in alcoholic drinks? (a)Ethanoic

acid (b)glycine (c)ethanol (d)glucose

7) Which of the following is not a property of homologous series? (a)they have the
same functional group (b)they have similar physical properties (c)they have
similar chemical properties (d)they have the same general formula

8) Organic compounds are mainly---------- (a)electrovalent (b)covalent (c)dative

(d)ionic

9) One of the following compounds is an exception to Baeyer’s strain theory

(a)benzene (b)methane (c)ethane (d)ethanol

10)“Rings that have bond angles different to the tetrahedral angle will suffer from
strain, if the strain is too great the ring may break” who said this statement?
(a)Friedrich Wohler (b)A.Baeyer (c)A.Kekule (d)Heisenberg

11)Organic compounds with the same molecular formula and functional group but
a different arrangement of the atoms in space are called----------- (a)geometric
isomers (b)functional group isomers (c)metamers (d)chain isomers

12)Isomerism which occurs owing to the lack of free rotation about double bonds
is---------- (a)functional (b)chain (c)stereo (d)geometric

13)----------- seek out centres of positive charge (a)nucleophiles (b)electrophiles

 (c)none of the above (d)A or B

14)------------ seek out centres of negative charge (a)nucleophiles (b)electrophiles

(c)A or B (d) none of the above

15) What is the functional group in nitriles? (a)triple bond (b)double bond (c)OH
group (d)cyanide group

16)What is the functional group in ketones? (a)cyanide group (b)triple bond (c)CO
group (d)oxygen

17)What is the functional group in amides? (a)CONH2 group (b)NH2group (c)CO

group (d)OH group

18)A ×.B------- A++ BX.-This reaction is bond breaking through-------- (a)homolysis

(b)catalysis (c)heterolysis (d)none of the above

19)What is the functional group in Arene? (a)NH2 group (b)Benzene ring (c)CO
group (d)OH group

20)What is the name of this molecule CH3CHNH2CH2OH? (a)1-aminopropan-1-ol

(b)2-aminopropan-3-ol (c)2-aminopropan-1-ol (d)none of the above

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21)Which of the following is an electrophile? (a)OH (b)H20 (c)all of the above (d)
none ofthe above

22)Which of the following is known as ‘marsh gas’? (a)ethane (b)ethene

(c)methanol (d)methane

23)The correct combustion equation for pentane is---------- (a)C5H10 + 8O2_______

5CO2 + 7H2O (b)C6H10 + 8O2______ 2CO2 + 4H2O (c)C5H12 + 8O2________ 5CO2+ 6H2O
(d)none of the above

24)What is the melting point of butane? (a)-138oC (b)138oC (c)-182oC (d)182oC

25)In the substitution reaction of methane, at the propagation stage, the equation is
. . . . .
-------- (a)Cl2____ 2Cl (b)CH4 + Cl _____CH3 + HCl (c)CH3 + Cl _____ CH3Cl (d)no
answer
26)Decarboxylation of a salt of an organic acid by heating with soda lime yields
(a)alkane (b)alkene (c)alkyne (d)alkanoic acid

27)RMgX is the general formulae for a Grignard reagent, what does R and X
represent? (a)metal and halogen (b)alkoxy and metal (c)alkoxy and halogen
(d)alkyl and halogen (e)none of the above

28)Which of the following is an example of free radical reaction? (a)substitution

reaction (b)elimination reaction (c)esterification (d)polymerisation

29)What is the boiling point of but-1-ene? (a)-18oC (b)-10oC (c)-6oC (d)-8oC

30)If you heat alcohol with concentrated sulphuric acid you get---------- (a)alkane
(b)alkene (c)alkyne (d)alkanol

31)Bromine is---------colour and changes to----------when added to an alkene

(a)red-brown, colourless (b)orange, yellow (c)colourless, orange (d)purple,
colourless

32)Alkenes undergo-------------- (a)condensation polymerisation (b)addition

polymerisation (c)ionic polymerisation (d)atactic polymerisation

33)What is the monomer unit of Teflon? (a)vinyl chloride (b)styrene (c)ethene

(d)tetrafluoroethene

34)Ethyne will polymerize at------------- to give------------ (a)38oC, polyethyne (b)400oC,

styrene (c)400oC, benzene (d)48oC, polyethyne (e)480oC, benzene

35)Which of the following is an activating group in electrophilic substitution? (a)NO2

(b)COOH (c)CHO (d)SO3H (e)none of the above

36)Which of the following is a deactivating group? (a)NH2 (b)COOH (c)CH3 (d)OCH3

(e)none of the above

37)The methyl group directs where? (a)ortho (b)meta (c)ortho meta (d)ortho para

38)Wurtz’s synthesis is used to produce-------- (a)alkenes (b)alkynes (c)alkanoic

acids (d)alkanes (e)alkanols

39)Benzene + Cl2___?____benzoyl chloride + HCl. What is missing? (a)Cl2 (b)Ni

 (c)AlCl3(d)H2

40)----------- are a type of cyclic ethers (a)epoxides (b)cyclo ethers (c)epoxanes

(d)amines

41)Epoxides are also known as----------- (a)alkanes (b)oxiranes (c)ethers (d)none of

the above

42)Benzene__H2, Ni____ ? (a)benzane (b)hexane (c)cyclohexane (d)heptane

43)Glycol is an old name for----------- (a)ethene-1,2-diol (b)ethane-1,2-diol

(c)ethane-1,2ol (d)hexanol

44)Glycerol is an old name for-----------(a)ethane-1,2-diol (b)hexanol (c)hex-2-ol

(d)propan-1,2,3-triol (e)none of the above

45)------------- is the traditional way of making alcohol (a)Grignard reagent

(b)hydration of alkenes (c)fermentation (d)none of the above

46)Vodka, brandy and whisky are---------------- drinks (a)carbonated (b)alcoholic

(c)sweetened (d)catenated

47)-------------- are reduced to secondary alcohols (a)aldehydes (b)alkanoic acids

(c)alkanols (d)ketones

48)Ethanal______ propan-2-ol. What is the Grignard reagent and element necessary

for conversion? (a)C2H5MgBr, H2O (b)C3H7MgBr, H2O (c)CH3MgBr, H2O
(d)C4H9MgBr, H2

49)2-methylpropan-2-ol is an example of (a)primary alcohol (b)secondary alcohol

(c)tertiary alcohol (d)all of the above

50)Tertiary alcohols are oxidised to------------- (a)aldehydes (b)ketones (c)alkanoic

acids (d)none of the above

51)Polymerisation of ethanol yields---------------(a)polyethanol (b)Teflon (c)Bakelite

(d)polyacrylonitrile

52)--------------has a characteristic smell which may be detected near rotting fruit

(a)ethene (b)ethyne (c)ethanal (d)ethanol
53)The wacker process is used to produce--------- (a)ethanal (b)ethanol (c)ethanone
(d)Ethanoic acid

54)The structural formular for benzaldehyde is---------- (a)C6H6Cl (b)C6H5OH (c)C6H5Ph

(d)C6H5CHO

55)------------- is mainly manufactured from cumene (a)ethanal (b)propanal

(c)propanone (d)propene (e)none of the above

56)What is the structural formular for cumene? (a)C6H5CH(CH3)2(b)C2H5OH

(c)C6H5ClCH(OH)2 (d)C6H5CHO

57)-------------- is a reagent used in identifying aldehydes and ketones (a)KMnO4

(b)Bromine water (c)K2Cr2O7 (d)2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine

58)The aldol condensation is a reaction that-------------undergo (a)alkanones

(b)aldehydes (c)alkanols (d)alkanoates

59)What will be made if butanone is reduced using LiAlH4? (a)butanal (b)but-2-ene

(c)butan-2-ol (d)butan-2-oic acid

60)Which of the following is a test for alkanals? (a)silver mirror test (b)iodoform
test (c)orange precipitate with fehling’s solution (d)all of the above

61)------------ is responsible for the acidity of carboxylic acids (a)presence of double

bond (b)presence of COOH group (c)number of hydrogen (d)none of the above

62)C6H5CH2COOH is named--------------- (a)phenylethanoic acid (b)benzoic amine

(c)benzenamide (d)phenylpropanoic acid

63)In -------------- german chemist took ammonium cyanate and heated it. The product
was ----------------- (a)1826, ammonia (b)1829, urea (c)1828, ammonia (d)1828, urea
(e)1827, cyanide

64)Nitrile synthesis is used to produce ----------- (a)alkanals (b)alkanones

(c)carboxylic acids (d)esters

65)LiAlH4 is called-------- (a)lithiumaluminiumtetrahydrido(iii)

(b)aluminiumlithiumtetrahydroaluminate(iii)
(c)lithiumtetrahydrogenoaluminate(iii) (d)lithiumtetrahydridoaluminate(iii)
66)Which of the following is a carboxylic derivative? (a)ethanol (b)acid chlorides
(c)alkanes (d)benzaldehyde

67)CH3CONH2 + OBr- + 2OH-_______ CH3NH2 + CO32- + H2O + Br- This reaction is called
(a)Hofmann degradation (b)Hoffmann degradation (c)Hoffmann oxidation (d)all
of the above

68)Urea is a/an -------------- (a)amine (b)nitrile (c)amide d)carboxyl

69)------------ are responsible for the odour of foodstuffs (a)esters (b)amides

(c)amines (d)ethers

70)Aspirin, one of the most remarkable successes of the pharmaceutical industry

is-----------(a)an ether (b)an ester (c)an epoxide (d)an amine

71)Williamson’s synthesis is used to produce------------- (a)amines (b)alkanols

(c)ethers (d)esters

72)A ------------ Physicist discovered that some substances have the ability to rotate
the plane of polarised light. (a)German (b)Russian (c)French (d)Swedish

73)------------ in ------------ discovered that some substances have the ability to rotate
the plane of polarised light (a)Friedrich Wohler, 1812 (b)A.Baeyer, 1813 (c)Jean
Biot, 1813 (d)Jean Biot, 1812 (e)A.Baeyer, 1811

74)Rotation of the plane of polarised light is measured with a --------------

(a)galvanometer (b)polarimeter (c)Wheatstone bridge (d)spectrophotometer

75)A racemic mixture consists of ------------- (a)equal proportion of two enantiomers

(b)unequal proportion of two enantiomers (c)equal proportion of two
diastereoisomers (d)unequal proportion of two diastereoisomers

76)---------------- is the separation of enantiomers or diastereoisomers (a)configuration

(b)rotation (c)resolution (d)divorce (e)segregation

77)What is the formular for measuring specific rotation at 20oC? (a)[α]D40= length of
tube(dm)/measured rotation (b)[α]D20=length of tube(dm) /measured rotation ×
concentration(gcm-1) (c)[α]D20= measured rotation/length of tube(dm) ×
concentration(gcm-1) (d)[α]D40= measured rotation/length of tube(dm)
78)When a polaroid is rotated to the right(clockwise direction), we say the chemical
in the tube is------------ (a)laevorotatory (b)dextrorotatory (c)all of the above
(d)none of the above

79)--------------- was one of the first scientists to make a study of optical activity
(a)Jean Biot (b)Mendel eev (c)Heisenberg (d)Louis Pasteur

80)In -------------- a scientist made a crucial observation when he was working on the
salts of tartaric acid (a)1844 (b)1846 (c)1848 (d)1850

81)The modern name for tartaric acid is-------------- (a)1,2-dihydroxypentanedioic acid

(b)2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid (c)1,2-dihydroxybutanedioic acid
(d)1,2,3-trihydroxyhexanedioic acid

82)--------------are mirror images of one another (a)enantiomers (b)optical isomers

(c)all of the above (d)none of the above

83)The modern name for lactic acid is ------------ (a)5-hydroxypropanoic acid

(b)1-hydroxybutanoic acid (c)2-hydroxybutanoic acid (d)2-hydroxypropanoic
acid

84)The carbon atom at the centre of 4 different groups is called------------

(a)symmetric carbon (b)asymmetric carbon (c)master carbon (d)holding carbon

85)H2N-CH2-COOH is called ----------- (a)glycerol (b)glycine (c)cumene (d)adepic acid

86)The Cahn, Ingold and Prelog naming system was invented in--------(a)1956
(b)1960 (c)1964 (d)1962

87)In Cahn, Ingold and Prelog system, R stands for---------- (a)rectes (b)rectis
(c)rectus (d)rector

88)The spontaneous change of a solution of α-glucose into β-glucose is

termed----------- (a)spontaneity of glucose (b)mutarotation of glucose
(c)resolution of glucose (d)racemicity of glucose

89)Trimethyl amine is a----------- amine (a)primary (b)secondary (c)tertiary (d)none of

the above

90)Cocaine is------------- (a)an amide (b)an amine (c)a nitrile (d)a carboxylic acid
 derivative

91)Nitrous acid test is used to test------------ (a)amines (b)amides (c)nitriles

(d)carbonyl

92)Glucose is a --------- sugar (a)reducing (b)oxidizing (c)reducing-oxidizing (d)none

of the above

93)Monosaccharides have the general formular (a)CnH2n + 2 On (b)Cn+2H2nOn

(c)CnH2nOn(d)CnH2nOn-1

94)Teflon is the polymer obtained from---------- (a)vinyl chloride (b)tetrafluoroethene

(c)acrylonitrile (d)ethene

95)Naphthalene is---------- (a)an alkene (b)an alkenol (c)an arene (d)none of the
above

96)Benzene readily undergoes------------ reaction(a)addition (b)substitution

(c)condensation (d)none of the above

97)What is the name of the scientist that named benzene? (a)Louis Pasteur (b)Jean
Biot (c)August kekule (d)Huckel

98)Esters are also known as------------- (a)aldehydes (b)alkanols (c)alkanoates

(d)epoxides

99)Proteins are made up of------------- (a)amides (b)alkenes (c)amino acids (d)alcohol