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The document outlines the examination details for the Organic Chemistry III course at the National Open University of Nigeria, including course code, title, and instructions for answering the questions. It consists of six questions covering topics such as polypeptides, alcohols, ethers, epoxides, and heterocyclic compounds. Each question includes sub-questions that require explanations, classifications, and chemical structures.

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CHM305

The document outlines the examination details for the Organic Chemistry III course at the National Open University of Nigeria, including course code, title, and instructions for answering the questions. It consists of six questions covering topics such as polypeptides, alcohols, ethers, epoxides, and heterocyclic compounds. Each question includes sub-questions that require explanations, classifications, and chemical structures.

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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE,

NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESSWAY, JABI – ABUJA


FACULTY OF SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
2023_1 POP EXAMINATION 231

COURSE CODE: CHM 305


COURSE TITLE: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
COURSE UNIT: 3
INSTRUCTION: Answer question 1 and any other three questions
Time: 3 hours

QUESTION 1

1. (a) i. What are polypeptides?

ii. Write vivid note on composition of protein


iii. Explain what you understand to be fats and oil
iv. How do you test for presence of Thiophene? (10 Marks)

(b) i. How do you dictate the presence of protein in a substance using million’s and biuret test

ii. Explain the fermentation and reduction processes of glucose (6 Marks)

(c) i. Draw the chemical structure of methylcyclohexane

ii. State three physical properties of malonic ester


iii. List three derivatives of pyridine
iv. State the increasing order of five-membered heterocyclic reactivity when compared to
benzene (9 Marks)

QUESTION 2
2(a). Distinguish between Primary, secondary and tertiary alcohol. (6 Marks)

(b). What is symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Ethers? (6 Marks)

(c). Classify the following ethers as symmetrical and asymmetrical

CH3CH2CH2-O-CH2CH2CH3, CH3CH(CH3) CH2-O-CH2CH3, CH3-O-CH2CH3 (3 Marks)


QUESTION 3
3. (a) State what you understand by epoxides (2 Marks)

(b) What are the common names of CH3OCH3, CH3CH2OCH2CH3 and CH3CH2OCH3? (6
Marks)

(c) Explain the types of structural isomerism that ether exhibit (7 Marks)

QUESTION 4
4. (a) State five (5) physical properties of Ether (5 Marks)

(b) Discuss the production of alcohol by fermentation of carbohydrate (4 Marks)

(c)i. Explain the preparation of ether under the following headings:

ii. dehydration of an alcohol

iii. Williamson synthesis

iv. action of diazomethane on alcohols (6 Marks)

QUESTION 5
5. (a) i. using equations, write the formation of acyl chlorides from

ii. Acids iii. Salts of the acids (6 Marks)

(b) i. Discuss the chemical reactions of acid anhydrides under the following subheadings

ii. Hydrolysis iii. Ester formation iv. Friedel craft acylation (9 Marks)

QUESTION 6
6. (a) Name the classes of heterocyclic compounds (3 Marks)
(b) List examples of five membered and six-membered (7 Marks)
(c) Give the two classes of condensed heterocyclic compounds (2 Marks)
(d) Discuss the Solubility of aldehydes and ketones (3 marks)

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