Calculate the oxidation numbers for each indicated atom in norethindrone, a steroid contraceptive.

Rank the reactivity of the following anions with a general electrophile from least to most reactive.

Would amide or acetate most easily deprotonate an alcohol to make the alkoxide anion? Calculate K_eq for each possibility.

The following reaction gives two different constitutional isomers in nearly equal yields. Why doesn't this reaction produce only one product?

Identify the following alkynes as terminal (T), internal/symmetrical (IS), or internal/unsymmetrical (IU).

(a)

Identify the following alkynes as terminal (T), internal/symmetrical (IS), or internal/unsymmetrical (IU).

(c)

Identify the following alkynes as terminal (T), internal/symmetrical (IS), or internal/unsymmetrical (IU).

(f)

Draw all internal symmetrical alkynes with the molecular formula C₁₀H₁₈.

The following reaction was recently reported to have been performed electrochemically.

(a) Identify the reagent and a solvent that could have been used if this reaction was done traditionally.

(b) What safety and environmental hazards are improved or worsened when doing this reaction electrochemically?

Provide the IUPAC names for the following alkynes.

(b)

Draw the structures that correspond to the following IUPAC names.

(a) (R)-4-isopropyl-6-methylhept-2-yne