Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry
Tetravalency of carbon; shapes of simple molecules — hybridisation (s and p); classification of organic compounds based on functional groups; nomenclature (trivial and IUPAC); covalent bond fission — homolytic and heterolytic; electronic effects (inductive, electromeric, resonance, hyperconjugation); types of organic reactions.
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Which of the following statements about the inductive effect is correct?
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In which of the following compounds does the carbon atom use sp² hybridization?
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The IUPAC name of the compound CH3-CH(CH3)-CH2-C(CH3)2-CHO is:
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The correct order of stability of the following carbocations is: (I) (CH₃)₃C⁺ (II) (CH₃)₂CH⁺ (III) CH₃CH₂⁺ (IV) CH₃⁺