Organic Chemistry Multiple Choice Questions on “Rearrangement Reactions”.
1. Which types of isomers are formed in rearrangement reactions?
a) structural isomers
b) Geometrical isomers
c) Optical isomer
d) Conformational isomers
Answers: a
Clarification: Products formed have the same molecular formula, but their atoms have different arrangements or bonds. For example, Butane and isobutane have the same number of carbon (C) atoms and hydrogen (H) atoms, so their molecular formulas are the same.
2. What is the main difference between Hofmann and Curtius rearrangement?
a) Products are different
b) Intermediate formed is different
c) Reactants are different
d) Isomers
Answers: c
Clarification: The Hofmann rearrangement occurs with an amide. The Curtius rearrangement occurs with an acyl azide.
3. With accompanying 1, 2-rearrangement in wolff rearrangement, an α-diazocarbonyl compound is converted into a ketene by loss of which of the following compound?
a) Dioxygen
b) Dinitrogen
c) Disulphur
d) Ammonia
Answer: b
Clarification: The leaving group (N2) and the migrating group (R1) are antiperiplanar, which favors a concerted mechanism, in which nitrogen extrusion occurs concurrently with 1, 2-alkyl shift.
4. Which Intermediate is formed in Wolff’s reaction?
a) Carbene
b) Ketene
c) Carbocation
d) Carbanion
Answers: b
Clarification: Ketene is formed as intermediate in Wolff’s reaction. Formation of Diazonium ion will be followed by reaction in presence of heat which leads to rearrangement of bonds and ketene will be formed.
5. Which was the first molecular rearrangement identified as such by early chemists?
a) Wolff’s rearrangement
b) Pinacole rearrangement
c) Favorskii rearrangement
d) Hofmann rearrangement
Answers: b
Clarification: The pinacol rearrangement was the first molecular rearrangement identified as such by early chemists.
6. Which intermediate carbocation is more stable in pinacole -pinacolone rearrangement?
a) 1o
b) 2o
c) 3o
d) 4o
Answer: c
Clarification: 3o-carbocation is relatively stable, and has been shown to return to pinacol by reaction in the presence of isotopically labeled water. A 1, 2-methyl shift generates an even more stable carbocation in which the charge is delocalized by heteroatom resonance.
7. In which medium Favorskii rearrangement occurs?
a) Acidic
b) Basic
c) Neutral
d) Alkaline
Answer: b
Clarification: It is a base catalysed reaction:
Mechanism of Favorskii rearrangement: Here OH- group of NaOH is attaching at the keto-group and the ring will open for the stability of the molecule.
