Chapter 12: 38E (page 385)
Which is stronger, the C=O bond in an ester () or the C=O bond in a saturated ketone ()? Explain
Short Answer
An ester C=O bondis stronger than a saturated ketone C=O bond.
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Chapter 12: 38E (page 385)
Which is stronger, the C=O bond in an ester () or the C=O bond in a saturated ketone ()? Explain
An ester C=O bondis stronger than a saturated ketone C=O bond.
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As far back as the 16th century, South American Incas chewed the leaves of the coca bush, Erythroxylon coca, to combat fatigue. Chemical studies of Erythroxylon coca by Friedrich Wohler in 1862 resulted in the discovery of cocaine, C17H21NO4, as the active component. Basic hydrolysis of cocaine leads to methanol, benzoic acid, and another compound called ecgonine, C9H15NO3. Oxidation of ecgonine with CrO3 yields a keto acid that readily loses CO2 on heating, giving tropinone.
(a) What is a likely structure for the keto acid?
(b) What is a likely structure for ecgonine, neglecting stereochemistry?
(c) What is a likely structure for cocaine, neglecting stereochemistry?
Question: How might you use IR spectroscopy to distinguish between the following pairs of isomers?
The infrared spectrum of the compound with the mass spectrum shown below has strong absorbances at 1584, 1478, and 1446 cm-1 . Propose a
structure consistent with the data.

Question: Grignard reagents undergo a general and very useful reaction with
ketones. Methylmagnesium bromide, for example, reacts with cyclohexanoneto yield a product with the formula . What is the structure of this product if it has an IR absorption at ?

Propose structures for compounds that meet the following descriptions:
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