Solutions for Chapter 6: Organic Chemistry 8th Edition

A CH3CO! group; also called an acetyl group

A steroid hormone, such as testosterone, that mediates the development of sexual characteristics of males.

The basic unit of an element that can enter into chemical combination. (2.2)

An intramolecular Claisen condensation.

A reaction characterized by the addition of two hydroxyl groups (OH) across an alkene.

A graph showing the changes in energy that occur during a chemical reaction; energy is plotted on the vertical axis, and reaction progress is plotted on the horizontal axis. Also called a reaction coordinate diagram

Lanthanide and actinide elements in which the 4f or 5f orbitals are partially occupied. (Section 6.9)

Compounds that are similar in structure to CFCs but also possess at least one C!Hbond.

In nomenclature, a numberused to identify the location of a substituent.

A carbohydrate containing four to ten monosaccharide units, each joined to the next by a glycosidic bond.

The pressure that must be applied to a solution to stop osmosis from pure solvent into the solution. (Section 13.5)

The sum of the reaction orders of all the reactants appearing in the rate expression when the rate can be expressed as rate = k3A4a 3B4b... . (Section 14.3)

A polyester in which the carboxyl groups are derived from carbonic acid

A hydrocarbon containing two or more fused benzene rings

A nonprotein unit attached to a protein, such as heme in hemoglobin.

A compound that is similar in structure to pyridine but contains one extra nitrogen atom at the 3 position.

The structure of a protein resulting from the clustering of several individual protein chains into a final specific shape. (Section 24.7)

A compound that reduces another compound and in the process is itself oxidized. Sodium borohydride and lithium aluminum hydride are reducing agents.

The angle between two groups in a Newman projection, also called the dihedral angle.

A double-helix model for the secondary structure of a DNA molecule