6. ____/15 Which acid below is stronger? Draw reactions and a reaction diagram to help explain your answer.
Acid A
Acid B
9.
7. ____/10 The transformation of a ketone to an alcohol can be done as shown below to give a mixture of isomers. Identify each isomer as the R or S isomer.
H
O
H
O
H
NaBH4
+23 degrees
-23 degrees
Configuration
What is the %ee for a product sample whose specific rotation was found to be -11 degrees?
What is a way that you could separate these isomers?