hard · MCAT

In organic chemistry, the reactivity of carbonyl compounds toward nucleophilic attack is influenced by electronic and steric factors.

Which of the following lists a set of carbonyl-containing functional groups in order of decreasing reactivity?

  1. Acid Chloride > Aldehyde > Ketone > Ester > Amide
  2. Amide > Ester > Ketone > Aldehyde > Acid Chloride
  3. Acid Chloride > Anhydride > Aldehyde > Ketone > Amide
  4. Aldehyde > Ketone > Acid Chloride > Amide > Anhydride

Sign up free to see the explanation and track your rank →

More MCAT practice

KomFi Academy — Stop doomscrolling. Get KomFi.

Build your intelligence, anytime, anywhere.

KomFi Academy is a curated training platform with 40,000+ practice questions, 18,000+ flashcards, on-demand video lectures, podcasts, and 4K slide decks across the topics serious professionals study: GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, Investment Banking, Private Equity (LBOs & PE math), Private Credit, Quantitative Finance, Financial Accounting, Asset- Backed Securities, Volume Profile Analysis, Order Flow Trading, Market Microstructure, Volume Spread Analysis, Elliott Wave Theory, Volume-Price Analysis, and Public Offering Frameworks.

What's inside

Topics

View pricing · Read testimonials