1a. Alcohols are ____ leaving groups. To make an alcohol a ___ leaving group, ad

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1a. Alcohols are ____ leaving groups. To make an alcohol a ___ leaving group, add ____.

good/better/base

poor/ better/ acid

poor/ worse/base

1b. Which method will not produce ethanol?

hydroboration of ethylene

ethyl chloride + NaOH

ethylene + HCl

ethylene + H2SO4

1c. ____ is reduced to ____.

acetone/ethanol

acetone/isopropanol

ethanol/acetaldehyde

1d. Grignard reagent behaves like a:

electrophile

nucleophile

acid

1e. 2-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane reacts with the ethoxide ion to form _____.

Give name of product. Check your spelling.

Explanation / Answer

1.  Alcohols are poor leaving groups. To make an alcohol a better leaving group, add acid.

2. ethylene + HCl

3. acetone is reduced to isopropanol

4. Grignard reagent behaves like a nucleophile

5. 1-methylcyclohexene

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