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Organic Chemistry: Spectroscopic and Chemical Tests

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Please answer the following questions.

1. Using sketches, demonstrate why the addition of HCN to 2-butanone yields a racemic mixture of chiral products. Circle the chiral carbon in each product.

2. Describe spectroscopic or chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
a. 2-pentanone vs 2-pentanol
b. 2-pentanone vs. pentanal

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