CHEM 122: Introduction to Organic Chemistry—Homework Problems
Assigned problems are text-inspired; many of these problems appear exactly as they do in
one edition or another of the text, others have been tweaked to fix errors or redundancies.
Do check your text, answers to selected problems may be in the back of your book.
Numbers listed aren’t associated with any particular text edition; see the individual
“Chapter Homework” documents that follow for specific problems assigned.
Homework 1 due Wednesday April 9:
Chapter 1: Organic Chemistry. Problems 1-17 (All).
Homework 2 due Wednesday April 16:
Chapter 2: Alkanes. Problems 1-22 (All).
Chapter 3: Alkenes and Alkynes. Problems 1-12.
Homework 3 due Wednesday April 23:
Chapter 3: Alkenes and Alkynes. Problems 13-27.
Chapter 4: Benzene and its Derivatives. Problems 1-6, 13, 14.
Homework 4 due Wednesday April 30:
Chapter 4: Benzene and its Derivatives. Problems 7-12, 15, 16.
Chapter 5: Alcohols, Ethers, and Thiols. Problems 1-11, 19, 21, 22.
Homework 5 due Wednesday May 7:
Chapter 5: Alcohols, Ethers, and Thiols. Problems 12-18, 20, 23-25.
Chapter 6: Chirality: The Handedness of Molecules. Problems 1-7, 11.
Homework 6 due Wednesday May 14:
Chapter 6: Chirality: The Handedness of Molecules. Problems 8-10, 12-15.
Chapter 8: Amines. Problems 1-18 (All).
Homework 7 due Wednesday May 21:
Chapter 9: Aldehydes and Ketones. Problems 1-14, 19-22, 25.
Homework 8 due Wednesday June 4:
Chapter 9: Aldehydes and Ketones. Problems 15-18, 23, 24, 26.
Chapter 10: Carboxylic Acids. Problems 1-20.
Chapter 11: Carboxylic Anhydrides, Esters, and Amides. Problems 1, 2.
Homework 9 due Wednesday June 11:
Chapter 11: Carboxylic Anhydrides, Esters, and Amides. Problems 3-14.
Extra Credit Homework due Monday June 16:
Chapter 12: Carbohydrates. Problems 1-10 (All).