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1. Draw the alcohol that is the product of the reduction of 3-methylpentanal. 2.

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Question

1. Draw the alcohol that is the product of the reduction of 3-methylpentanal.

2. Draw the compound that would produce 4-ethyl-3-hexanol in the presence of a nickel catalyst and hydrogen.

3. A fellow student recently went boxing and took an accidental punch to the kidneys. You want to test for glucose in the student's urine, which is one symptom of kidney damage. You do a Benedict's test by adding blue copper ions to the clear urine, and the solution remains blue. What does this tell you about your fellow student's urine?

4. To distinguish smokers from nonsmokers, an assay for the determination of 2,5-dimethylfuran concentration in whole blood is performed. The concentration of 2,5-dimethylfuran in blood is directly proportional to the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Individuals who have a 2,5-dimethylfuran concentration above 0.024 parts per billion (ppb), or 24 parts per trillion (ppt), are likely to identify themselves as smokers. Draw the compound 2,5-dimethylfuran.

5. Drawing ethers from their common names. Draw the ether with the common name phenyl propyl ether. Include all hydrogens atoms and their bonds.

Explanation / Answer

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3. No glucose in urine

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