Carbon Compounds: Structures & Properties
Carbon Compounds: Structures & Properties
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
2.1 The four carbon atoms occupy different positions in the two representations (cf. rule 2,
Sec. 1.8A).
δ+ δ−
2.2 (a) H F or H F (c) Br Br
μ=0D
δ+ δ−
(b) I Br or I Br (d) F F
μ=0D
B
F F
μ=0D
The vector sum of the bond moments of a trigonal planar structure would be zero, resulting
in a prediction of μ = 0 D for BF3 . This correlates with the experimental observation and
confirms the prediction of VSEPR theory.
2.4 The shape of CCl2 CCl2 (below) is such that the vector sum of all of the C Cl bond
moments is zero.
Cl Cl
C C
Cl Cl
2.5 The fact that SO2 has a dipole moment indicates that the molecule is angular, not linear.
S
O O not O S O
μ = 1.63 D μ=0D
An angular shape is what we would expect from VSEPR theory, too.
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net dipole
H O
H3C
2.7 In CFCl3 the large C F bond moment opposes the C Cl moments, leading to a net dipole
moment in the direction of the fluorine. Because hydrogen is much less electronegative than
fluorine, no such opposing effect occurs in CHCl3 ; therefore, it has a net dipole moment
that is larger and in the direction of the chlorine atoms.
F H
Cl C Cl C
Cl Cl Cl Cl
Smaller net Larger net
dipole moment dipole moment
F F H F
net dipole
2.8 (a) C C (b) C C μ=0D
moment
H H F H
H F F F
net dipole
(c) C C (d) C C μ=0D
moment
H F F F
H Br H H H Br
net dipole
2.9 (a) C C C C C C μ=0D
moment
H Br Br Br Br H
cis trans
net dipole
moment Cis-trans isomers
Br Cl Br Br Cl Br
net dipole
(b) C C C C C C μ=0D
moment
Br Cl Cl Cl Br Cl
cis trans
net dipole
moment Cis-trans isomers
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Br
(b) (c)
Br
OH
(b) (c) OH
OH
OH
2.13 (a) (b)
CH3
(g) N
CH3
CH3 CH3
+ −
2.17 (a) CH3 N + H Cl CH3 N H + Cl
CH3 CH3
3
(b) sp
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−
O O
+
2.18
O O O
O
2.19 (a) H H H
H
O O O
(b)
O O
2.20 H C H C
H −
O O
+ B− + HB
O − O −
H C H C
O H O
+
The formate ion is more stabilized by resonance because its two resonance structures are
equivalent (Rule 4, Sec. 1.8A).
O O O O
2.21
O H O H O H O H
O O O
2.22 CH3 CH3 + others
O O O
−
O O
2.23 CH3 C CH3 C
O CH2CH3 O CH2CH3
+
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−
O O
2.24 CH3 C CH3 C
NH2 NH2
+
2.25 (a) OH would boil higher because its molecules can form hydrogen bonds to
each other through the O H group.
CH3
N
(b) H would boil higher because its molecules can form hydrogen bonds to
each other through the N H group.
OH
2.29 (a) H H aldehyde (b) alcohol
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OH
amine
ketone HN
CH3 O
2.30 (a) H
H3C
O
H H
O OH
H CH3
ether
alkenes
Indanomycin
carboxylic acid
H CH3
H3C
HO
(b) carboxylic acid
OH alcohol
O
alkene CH3
Sterpuric Acid
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alkene
(c) alcohol ketone alcohol ketone amide
OH O OH O O
NH2
alkene
OH
N amine N
H3C CH3 H3C CH3 alcohol
Solodyn
alcohol
OH
O
(d) ester
OH
(lactone)
carboxylic acid
O
O
OCH3 alkene
CH3
ether
Cell Cept
alkene
(e)
O O
Coumarin
ester
(lactone)
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Br
Br Br Br
2.31
1° Alkyl 2° Alkyl 1° Alkyl 3° Alkyl
bromide bromide bromide bromide
OH
OH OH OH
O O O
Ether Ether Ether
OH
OH
secondary
secondary
CH3
secondary CH3
tertiary
OH
(e) (f)
OH
tertiary primary
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H3C C CH3
2.34 (a) NH2 (b)
CH3
CH2CH3 tertiary
primary
NH2
NH
secondary
H N CH2CH3
(e)
secondary
O O
2.35 (a) Me Me O
OH OH
(b) OH OH
OH
OH
(c) (d)
O O
(e) Me
H O O
(f) Br
Br Br
Br
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Br Br Br
(g)
Br
(h)
O O O
(i)
H H H
O O O
(j)
O O
Me
(n) H N NH2
H
Physical Properties
2.36 Explain why 1-pentanol has a solubility of 2.7 grams per 100 mL of water were as methanol
is completely miscible in water.
1-pentanol contains five (5) carbons while methanol has only one (1) carbon. The OH
group in 1-pentanol does confer some water solubility (like-dissolves-like) however, with
the hydrocarbon portion of the molecule being rather large (C5 H11 ) the molecule looks
mostly like “grease”, mostly like an alkane, which would have no water solubility. Methanol
does not look as much like an alkane; half alkane and half water. In methanol the OH
group (aids water solubility) is a larger contributor to the overall structure.
2.37 The attractive forces between hydrogen fluoride molecules are the very strong dipole-dipole
attractions that we call hydrogen bonds. (The partial positive charge of a hydrogen fluoride
molecule is relatively exposed because it resides on the hydrogen nucleus. By contrast, the
positive charge of an ethyl fluoride molecule is buried in the ethyl group and is shielded
by the surrounding electrons. Thus the positive end of one hydrogen fluoride molecule can
approach the negative end of another hydrogen fluoride molecule much more closely, with
the result that the attractive force between them is much stronger.)
2.38 The cis isomer is polar while the trans isomer is nonpolar (μ = 0 D). The intermolecular
attractive forces are therefore greater in the case of the cis isomer, and thus its boiling point
should be the higher of the two.
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2.39 Explain why the boiling point of 2,2-dimethylbutane (49.7◦ C) is lower than the boiling point
of hexane (69◦ C) despite the fact that they have the same molecular formula, C6 H14 .
Hexane is a linear, unbranched alkane. Because of the lack of branching, the hexane
chains can get close to one another. The intermolecular attractive forces, although rather
weak, can reinforce each other resulting in the chains being held together more closely.
As energy is supplied, as heat, it first goes to getting the hexane chains apart or away
from one another and then into the vapor phase. 2,2-dimethylbutane is a branched hexane
constitutional isomer. Because of the high degree of branching the chains cannot get close to
one another, and thus are not held together as tightly as in hexane. When energy is supplied
as heat, it does not have to initially get the chains apart from one another, since they are not
held so closely together, resulting in the lower boiling point.
2.40 (a) and (b) are polar and hence are able to dissolve ionic compounds. (c) and (d) are non-polar
and will not dissolve ionic compounds.
H Cl H3C
H
2.41 (a) C F (e) C (h) O
H
H
H F H3C
F Cl H3C
H No dipole
(b) C (f ) (i) O
H B moment
F Cl Cl H
F H
No dipole
(c) H C F (g) F Be F ( j) C O
moment
F H
F
No dipole
(d) F C F moment
F
2.42 (a) Dimethyl ether: There are four electron pairs around the central oxygen: two bonding
pairs and two nonbonding pairs. We would expect sp 3 hybridization of the oxygen with
a bond angle of approximately 109.5◦ between the methyl groups.
H3C
O μ>0D
H3C
(b) Trimethylamine: There are four electron pairs around the central nitrogen: three bonding
pairs and one nonbonding pair. We would expect sp 3 hybridization of the nitrogen with
a bond angle of approximately 109.5◦ between the methyl groups.
H3C
N μ>0D
CH3
H3C
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(c) Trimethylboron: There are only three bonding electron pairs around the central boron.
We would expect sp 2 hybridization of the boron with a bond angle of 120◦ between the
methyl groups.
CH3
μ=0D
B
H3C CH3
(d) Dimethylberyllium: There are only two bonding electron pairs around the central beryl-
lium atom. We would expect sp hybridization of the beryllium atom with a bond angle
of 180◦ between the methyl groups.
H3C Be CH3 μ=0D
2.43 This is a special case of a Lewis acid (Ag+ ) Lewis base (alkene) reaction. The product
+
C
can be represented by Ag . The filled π orbital of the alkene overlaps with the
C
empty 5s orbital of Ag+ to form a σ bond. A π bond results from the overlap of the filled
4d orbital of Ag+ with an empty antibonding π ∗ orbital of the alkene.
2.44 Without one (or more) polar bonds, a molecule cannot possess a dipole moment and, there-
fore, it cannot be polar. If the bonds are directed so that the bond moments cancel, however,
the molecule will not be polar even though it has polar bonds.
2.45 Indicate the hybridization around the bold type atoms in the following compounds:
sp-carbon
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OH
2.46 (a) because its molecules can form hydrogen bonds to each other through its
O H group.
HO
(b) OH because with two O H groups, its molecules can form more
hydrogen bonds with each other.
(c) OH because its molecules can form hydrogen bonds to each other.
NH
(e) because its molecules can form hydrogen bonds to each other through the
N H group.
F F
(f) because its molecules will have a larger dipole moment. (The trans compound
will have μ = 0 D.)
(i) O because its carbonyl group is far more polar than the double bond of .
IR Spectroscopy
2.47 (a) The alcohol would have a broad absorption from the O H group in the 3200 to
3500 cm−1 region of its IR spectrum. The ether would have no such absorption.
(c) The ketone would have a strong absorption from its carbonyl group near 1700 cm−1 in
its IR spectrum. The alcohol would have a broad absorption due to its hydroxyl group
in the 3200 to 3500 cm−1 region of its IR spectrum.
(d) Same rationale as for (a).
(e) The secondary amine would have an absorption near 3300 to 3500 cm−1 arising from
N H stretching. The tertiary amine would have no such absorption in this region since
there is no N H group present.
(g) Both compounds would exhibit absorptions near 1710 to 1780 cm−1 due to carbonyl
stretching vibrations. The carboxylic acid would also have a broad absorption some-
where between 2500 and 3500 cm−1 due to its hydroxyl group. The ester would not
have a hydroxyl absorption.
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(i) The ketone would have a strong absorption from its carbonyl group near 1700 cm−1 in its
IR spectrum. The alkene would have no such absorption but would have an absorption
between 1620 and 1680 cm−1 due to C C stretching.
2.48 The infrared spectrum of cis-4-octene exhibits an absorption peak near 1500 cm−1 due to
C C stretching, however, trans-4-octene shows no absorption in that region. Explain.
trans-4-octene is symmetric such that when the molecule undergoes vibration there is
very little change in the net dipole moment. In order for a band to be IR active there must
be a change in the net dipole moment during the vibration. In cis-4-octene this high degree
of symmetry is missing and there is a change in the net dipole moment during the course
of the vibration, leading to the observed band at 1500 cm−1 .
O H O
CH3CH2 C C CH2CH3
O H O
Hydrogen bond
2.50 Explain how IR spectroscopy can be used to distinguish between the following two com-
pounds:
C3H9N C3H9N
Trimethyl amine is a tertiary amine; there are no hydrogens on the nitrogen. Ethyl
methyl amine is a secondary amine; with one hydrogen on the nitrogen. One could use
IR spectroscopy to distinguish between these two compounds, by looking for the N H
stretching band around 3300–3400 cm−1 . There would be no such band for trimethyl amine
while there would be one for ethyl methyl amine.
Multiconcept Problems
2.51 Write structural formulas for five compounds with the formula C4 H8 O and classify each
according to its functional group. Predict IR absorption frequencies for the functional groups
you have drawn.
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OH
OH
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2.52 (a) O O O O
H H CH3
A B C D
(b) D, because it does not have a hydrogen that is covalently bonded to nitrogen and, there-
fore, its molecules cannot form hydrogen bonds to each other. The other molecules
all have a hydrogen covalently bonded to nitrogen and, therefore, hydrogen-bond
formation is possible. With the first molecule, for example, hydrogen bonds could
form in the following way:
H
O H N
CH3CH2C CCH2CH3
N H O
(c) All four compounds have carbonyl group absorption at about 1650 cm−1 , but the IR
spectrum for each has a unique feature.
A shows two N H bands (due to symmetrical and asymmetrical stretching) in the
3100–3400 cm−1 region.
B has a single stretching absorption band in that same region since it has only a single
N H bond.
C has two absorption bands, due to the H C bond of the aldehyde group, at about
2820 cm−1 and 2920 cm−1 , as well as one for the N H bond.
D does not absorb in the 3100–3500 cm−1 region, as the other compounds do, since it
does not possess a N H bond.
2.53 The molecular formula requires unsaturation and/or one or more rings. The IR data exclude
O
C C C
the functional groups: OH, and . Oxygen (O) must be present in an
ether linkage and there can be either a triple bond or two rings present to account for the
low hydrogen-to-carbon ratio. These are the possible structures:
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Challenge Problems
O
2.55 O O
H
A B B′
The 1780 cm−1 band is in the general range for C O stretching so structure B is considered
one of the possible answers, but only B would have its C O stretch at this high frequency
(B would be at about 1730 cm−1 ).
2.56 (a) HO OH HO H
H H H OH
cis trans
(b) The cis isomer will have the 3572 cm−1 band because only in it are the two hy-
droxyl groups close enough to permit intramolecular hydrogen-bonding. (Intermolecu-
lar hydrogen-bonding is not possible at high dilution in a non-polar solvent like CCl4 .)
OH
2.57 (a)
CH3
CH3
C
(b) enantiomers
OH HO
CH3 H3C
CH3 H3C
H H
diastereomers
OH HO
CH3 H3C
(Enantiomers and diastereomers
H H are defined in Chapter 5.)
CH3 H3C
enantiomers
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2.58 The helical structure results from hydrogen bonds formed between amide groups—
specifically between the carbonyl group of one amide and the N H group of another.
H
O
C
C N
O H R
C H
C R
H N
C O H
R
N C O
H
H
H C C
N C
R R
H O
C N
O H H
C
H C R
N
C
H
R
QUIZ
2.1 Which of the following pairs of compounds is not a pair of constitutional isomers?
O
(a) O and
H
(b) and
O O
(c) and HO
OH H
CH3
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(a) and
(b) and
CH3
CH2CH3
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2.5 Write the bond-line formula for a constitutional isomer of the compound shown below that
does not contain a double bond.
2.6 Circle the compound in each pair that would have the higher boiling point.
O
(a) OH or
H
(b) N H or N CH3
O O
(c) CH3 or
O OH
O O O
(d) CH OH or CH3 CH3
3
O O
(e) CH3 CH3
or
N N
H
CH3
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O
(a) C6H5
CH3
(b) N
C6H5
(c) NH2
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