SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS 19.1 (b) The four carbon atoms of crotonic acid form continuous chain. Because there is a double bond between C-2 and C-3, crotonic acid is one of the stereoisomers of 2-butenoic acid. The chem
Woodward-Hoffmann Theory R. B. Woodward and R. Hoffmann, The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, 1970. Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory I. Fleming, Frontier Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions
SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS 3.1 (b) The sawhorse formula contains four carbon atoms in an unbranched chain. The compound is butane, CH:CH,CH, CH3 CH3 HH H-H CH ()Rewrite the structure to show its constitution. The compound is
ENOLS AND ENOLATES SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS 18.1(b) There are no a-hydrogen- atoms in2,2-dimethylpropa, because the a-carbon- atom bears three methyl groups