Summary: CHM 7200 Organic Structures and Mechanisms Fall Term 2005
Problem Set 9: This problem set is now available at (www.blackboard.wayne.edu). It will be due
in class 7 days (12/05/05) from today (11/28/05). Grades will be administered as follows: 5
(exceptional effort), 4 (complete), 3 (incomplete or inadequate effort), 2 (poor effort), 0
(nonexistent). No late problem sets will be accepted.
1. Problem: Draw the mechanism for the following.
2. Problem: Draw the mechanism for the following. The following pieces of information should
help you: (1) When 18
O-labeled water is used as solvent, the product is labeled. (2) When on
N in the starting material is selectively labeled with 15
N, the label is found to be randomly
distributed in the product. (3) The key intermediate is dicationic.