Give the complete names of the circled functional groups P, Q and R in acebutolol.
On the diagram of acebutolol below, circle any chiral carbon atoms.
When warmed with dilute hydrochloric acid, acebutolol breaks apart to give two molecules. Draw a line through the bond that is cleaved by heating with dilute hydrochloric acid.
Draw the structure of the smaller molecule produced by this reaction.
Suggest what would be observed when acebutolol reacts with the following reagents. If no reaction occurs, write ‘none’. Reagents: alkaline iodine solution; universal indicator solution; 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine; Tollens’ reagent.
Butanoic acid can be reduced to make compound N. Compound N reacts with sodium. Suggest a suitable reducing agent for this reaction.
Draw the skeletal formula of the isomer of N that exists as a pair of optical isomers.
Another isomer of N does not react with acidified dichromate(VI) solution, but it does react with sodium. Draw the structure of this isomer.