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Must be completed before Test 1
Questions relating to this material will appear on TEST 1 and 2, as well as on the FINAL EXAM

Chapter 3 Acids and Bases
12th edition
Solomons, Fryhle and Snyder

Organic Chemistry


11th edition
Solomons, Fryhle and Snyder
Organic Chemistry
ProblemsSectionSubjectProblems

3.1Acid-base reactions
Solved problem 3.1
Practice problem 3.1
3.2How to use curved arrows in illustrating reactions
MECHANISM:  Acid-base reaction between water and hydrogen chloride
Solved problem 3.1
Practice problem 3.1
Solved problem 3.2
Practice problems 3.2, 3.3
3.3Lewis acids and basesSolved problem 3.2
Practice problems 3.2, 3.3
Solved problem 3.3
Practice problem 3.4
3.4Heterolysis of bonds to carbon:  Carbocations and carbanionsSolved problem 3.3
Practice problem 3.4
Solved problems 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Practice problems 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
3.5Strength of Bronsted-Lowry acids and bases:  Ka and pKaSolved problems 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Practice problems 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
Solved problems 3.8, 3.9
Practice problems 3.9, 3.10
3.6How to predict the outcome of acid-base reactionsSolved problems 3.8, 3.9
Practice problems 3.9, 3.10

3.12Organic compounds as bases
Practice problem 3.18 3.14Acids and bases in nonaqueous solutionsPractice problem 3.16 (B should read:  NaNH2 is added to ethanol)
Solved problem 3.13
Practice problem 3.19
3.15Acid-base reactions and the synthesis of deuterium- and tritium-labeled compounds Solved problem 3.11
Practice problem 3.17
End of chapter problems

End of chapter problems
3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28, 3.29, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.37, 3.38 (omit B, C)


3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, 3.28, 3.29, 3.30, 3.35A