Homework Assignment
Science 155, Chapter 18
From your text book:
Questions for thought p400 # 1,4,5,8,10,11,12
In place of Group B:
1. Identify each of the following compounds as a carboxylic acid, ester, ketone,
aldehyde, or amine.
(a) (b)
H H H H H
H C C C = O H C C C = O
H H H H O H
(c) (d)
H H H H O H
H C C N H H C C C H
H H H H
(e) H H H
H C C O C H
H O H
2. Draw the 3 isomers of pentane C5H12
3. Draw the structure of glycerol, the alcohol made when fats are cleaved to make
soap. How many alcohol groups does it have? Do you expect it to be soluble in
water?
