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DETERMINATION OF STRUCTURE
(Quiz 9-2)

Multiple Choice
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1. Which of the following compounds gives an infrared spectrum with peaks at 3300 cm-1 (strong, broad peak) and 1640 cm-1 (sharp, weak peak)?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

 

2. What is the multiplicity of the signal in the 1H NMR spectrum for the methyl protons of propane?

(A) singlet

(B) doublet

(C) triplet

(D) quartet

 

3. Which of the following combinations of peaks appears in the 1H NMR spectrum of 1,2-dimethyoxyethane, CH3OCH2CH2OCH3?

(A) two singlets

(B) a singlet and a triplet

(C) a singlet and two triplets

(D) a doublet and a triplet

 

4. How many signals appear in the proton-decoupled 13C NMR spectrum of bromobenzene?

(A) 3

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 7

 

5. Which of the protons in the following molecule appear furthest downfield in the 1H NMR spectrum?

(A) i

(B) ii

(C) iii

(D) iv

 

6. The chemical shift of the protons of acetone, CH3COCH3, is 2.1 ppm when the spectrum is obtained at 250 MHz.  What is the chemical shift of these protons when the spectrum is acquired at 500 MHz?

(A) 1.05 ppm

(B) 2.1 ppm

(C) 4.2 ppm

(D) 8.4 ppm

 

7. What is the hydrogen deficiency index for a compound with a molecular formula of C6H11N?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

 

8. Which of the following compounds gives a 1H NMR spectrum consisting of only two singlets?

(A) CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH3

(B) CH3OCH2CH2CH2CH2OH

(C) CH3OC(CH3)2OCH3

(D) CH3OCH2CH(CH3)OCH3

 

9. Which of the following compounds gives a 1H NMR spectrum consisting of only a singlet, triplet and pentet?

(A) CH3OCH2CH2CH2CH2OH

(B) CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH3

(C) CH3OCH2CH2CH2OCH3

(D) CH3OCH2CH(CH3)OCH

 

10. Which of the following compounds gives a peak in the IR spectrum at approximately 1700 cm-1 and a singlet in the 1H NMR spectrum at between 2 and 3 ppm?

(A) CH3CH2CH2CHO

(B) CH3CH2COOCH3

(C) CH3CH2COCH3

(D) CH3CH2OCH2CH3