DIAGNOSTIC EXAM IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Directions: Choose the letter corresponding to the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is an example of an aldehyde? C

a) Ethanol
b) Acetone
c) Formaldehyde
d) Acetic acid

2. What is the functional group present in a carboxylic acid? A

a) Alkene
b) Ketone
c) Hydroxyl
d) Carboxyl

3. What type of reaction converts an alkene into an alkane? C

a) Substitution
b) Elimination
c) Addition
d) Oxidation

4. Which compound is an example of a secondary alcohol? C

a) Methanol
b) Ethanol
c) Propanol
d) Butanol

5. Which of the following is a primary amine? A

a) CH3NH2
b) (CH3)2NH
c) CH3CONH2
d) CH3CH2OH

6. What is the IUPAC name for CH3-CH2-CH2-Br? C

a) 1-bromopropane
b) 2-bromopropane
c) 1-bromoethane
d) 3-bromopropane

7. Which type of isomerism is exhibited by 2-chlorobutane and 3-chlorobutane? D

a) Geometric isomerism
b) Structural isomerism
 c) Optical isomerism
d) Conformational isomerism

8. What is the product of the reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid in the
presence of an acid catalyst? C
a) Ester
b) Amide
c) Alkane
d) Aldehyde

9. Which functional group is present in an ether? B

a) Alkene
b) Alkyne
c) Ether
d) Ether linkage

10. Which reagent is commonly used for reducing aldehydes and ketones? D
a) Sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
b) Lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4)
c) Potassium permanganate (KMnO4)
d) Sulfuric acid (H2SO4)

11. In a nucleophilic substitution reaction, what happens to the leaving group? A

a) It gains an electron
b) It loses a proton
c) It gains a proton
d) It is replaced by a nucleophile

12. Which type of isomerism is observed in molecules with the same molecular formula but
different arrangements of atoms in space? B
a) Structural isomerism
b) Stereoisomerism
c) Geometric isomerism
d) Conformational isomerism

13. Which of the following is a tertiary halogenoalkane? D

a) CH3CH2Cl
b) CH3CH2Br
c) CH3CH2I
d) (CH3)3CCl

14. What is the product of the complete combustion of an alkane? C

a) Alkene
b) Alcohol
 c) Alkyl halide
d) Carbon dioxide and water

15. Which of the following statements about aromatic compounds is true? A

a) They have alternating single and double bonds.
b) They do not undergo electrophilic substitution reactions.
c) They are always highly reactive and unstable.
d) They contain a stable, cyclic, conjugated pi electron system.

16. Which type of reaction converts an alcohol into an alkene? B

a) Substitution
b) Elimination
c) Addition
d) Oxidation

17. Which of the following functional groups is found in both aldehydes and ketones? A
a) Carboxyl
b) Hydroxyl
c) Carbonyl
d) Ether

18. What is the product of the reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid in the
presence of heat? D
a) Ester
b) Amide
c) Alkane
d) Aldehyde

19. Which compound is an example of a primary alcohol? A

a) Methanol
b) Ethanol
c) Propanol
d) Butanol

20. What is the IUPAC name for CH3-CH2-CH3? C

a) Ethane
b) Propane
c) Butane
d) Pentane

21. Which of the following is an example of an unsaturated hydrocarbon? A

a) Methane
b) Ethane
c) Ethene
 d) Propane

22. What is the general formula for an alkane? A

a) CnH2n+2
b) CnH2n
c) CnH2n-2
d) CnH2n-4

23. Which of the following statements about chirality is correct? D

a) Chiral molecules have superimposable mirror images.
b) Chiral molecules have an internal plane of symmetry.
c) Chiral molecules rotate plane-polarized light.
d) Chiral molecules have the same physical properties as their mirror images.

24. What is the main functional group present in an alcohol? D

a) Carbonyl
b) Carboxyl
c) Hydroxyl
d) Alkene

25. Which of the following reactions involves the breaking of a pi bond and the formation of
two sigma bonds? D
a) Addition reaction
b) Elimination reaction
c) Substitution reaction
d) Oxidation reaction