Chemistry : Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Identify the functional groups in the following compound:

Write the IUPAC names of the following compounds:

What do you understand by:
(i) Homolytic fission
(ii) Heterolytic fission?

Explain the terms:
(i) Electrophiles
(ii) Nucleophiles

Or

What are electrophiles and nucleophiles? Explain with examples.

Using the curved-arrow notation, show the formation of reactive intermediate when the following covalent bonds undergo heterolytic cleavage.
(a) CH₃ – SCH₃ (b) CH₃ – CN (C) CH₃ – Cu

Identify the electrophilic centre in the following:
CH₃CH = O, CH₃CN, CH₃I

Identify the reagents shown in bold in the following equations as nucleophiles or electrophiles:

Identify the reagents shown in bold in the following equations as nucleophiles or electrophiles:

Identify the reagents shown in bold in the following equations as nucleophiles or electrophiles: