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C25.1 Naming organic compounds AQA A2 Chemistry Nomenclature And isorism Kerboodle Answers: Page No. 146
1 a
b 2,4-dimethylpentane.
2 a CH3CH2CH2OH
Propan-1-ol
b CH3CH(Cl)CH3
2-chloropropane
c CH3CH2CH= CHCH2CH3
Hhex-3-ene
d CH3CH2OH
Ethanol
e C4H9COOH?
Pentanoic acid
25.2 Optical isomerism AQA A2 Chemistry Nomenclature And isorism Kerboodle Answers : Page No. 149
1
B
2
3
25.3 Synthesis of optically active compounds AQA A2 Chemistry Nomenclature And isorism Kerboodle Answers : Page No. 153
1 a
2-hydroxybutanoic acid
b
Yes, the carbon to which the -OH group is bonded has four different groups attached to it.
2 a 2-methyl-2-hydroxypropanoic acid
No, it has no carbon to which four different groups are attached.
3
This carbon atom does not have four different groups attached to it.
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Practice questions: Page No.
1
2–aminopropanoic acid or 2–aminopropionic acid
2
Optically inactive OR
Equal mixture of enantiomers / optical isomers
Planar carbonyl group (stated or drawn)
Attack from above or below (either side)
3 (a)
Optical
Equal mixture of enantiomers
Plane polarised light
Rotated in opposite/different directions
(b)
Carbocation
Planar
Attack from either side equally likely
4
(a)
2-methylbutan-1-ol
(b) Optical
(c)
5 (a) Same molecular formula and same structure but atoms are arranged differently in space.
(b)
No free rotation about the C=C pent-2-ene
(c)
2-hydroxypropanoic acid
Optical
(d)
Plane Polarised light.
Rotated by the same amount in opposite directions.
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