Organic Chemistry: Carbon Compounds and Functional Groups
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What is the mechanism by which a nucleophile bonded to a carbonyl carbon of an acyl group is replaced by another nucleophile?

  • Nucleophilic aliphatic substitution
  • Electrophilic acyl substitution
  • Nucleophilic acyl substitution (correct)
  • Electrophilic aromatic substitution

    • What is the functional group of carboxylic acids?

  • Carbonyl group
  • Hydroxyl group
  • Carboxyl group (correct)
  • Amino group

    • What is the term for a molecule or ion that donates a pair of electrons to form a new covalent bond?

  • Lewis base
  • Lewis acid
  • Electrophile
  • Nucleophile (correct)

    • What is the suffix used to name nitriles?

    <p>-nitrile</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reaction mechanism by which an acyl group is replaced by a hydroxyl group?

    <p>Hydrolysis of esters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a moiety derived by the removal of one hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid?

    <p>Acyl group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reaction mechanism by which an amide is broken down into a carboxylic acid and an amine?

    <p>Amide hydrolysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the type of reaction by which glutamine acts as a N donor?

    <p>Nucleophilic substitution reaction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a process by which a carboxylic acid is converted into an ester?

    <p>Fischer esterification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the type of compound that is formed by the replacement of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid?

    <p>Acyl phosphate</p> Signup and view all the answers

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