Select the single best answer. When 2-heptyne was treated with aqueous sulfuric acid containing mercury(II) sulfate, two product
s, each having the molecular formula C7H14O, were obtained in approximately equal amounts. What are these two compounds
1 answer:
Answer:
heptan-3-one and heptan-2-one
Explanation:
In this case, we must remember what the products of this reaction are. An alkyne in the presence of HgSO4 and H2SO4 will produce a ketone. But, in the triple bond, we have two carbons, therefore the carbonyl group can be placed on any of the carbons of the triple bond.
In figure 1 we have the general reaction. At C = O it can be added to the carbon on the left (red carbon) or the carbon on the right (blue carbon).
Following this logic, for 2-heptyne the carbonyl group can be added to carbon 2 producing <u>heptan-2-one</u>. Similarly, the carbonyl group can be added to carbon 3 producing <u>heptan-3-one</u>. (See figure 2)
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C. The mass of an electron is much less than the mass of a proton or
a neutron.
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When we compare the mass of an electron to that of proton or neutron, the mass of an electron is much less than the mass of a proton or a neutron.
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Protons are positively charged particles
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- This is a very small value
- Electrons generally have mass of 9.11 x 10⁻³¹kg
- Protons weigh 1.67 x 10⁻²⁷kg
- Neutrons weigh 1.68 x 10⁻²⁷kg
We can see that electrons have very small mass and this is why when calculating the mass of an atom, we use the sum of the number of protons and neutrons.