Compared to Conditions in 1900,by the Late 1920s

question 22

Multiple Choice

Compared to conditions in 1900,by the late 1920s

• A) considerably more medical schools existed.
• B) women and blacks found it easier to obtain medical training.
• C) immigrants and poor whites found it easier to obtain medical training.
• D) the quality of medical training had improved considerably.
• E) medical training had become less expensive.

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Definitions:

Hg(OAc)2

Mercury(II) acetate, a chemical compound used as a reagent in organic synthesis, particularly in oxymercuration reactions.

NaBH4

Sodium borohydride, a reducing agent commonly used in organic synthesis to reduce aldehydes and ketones to alcohols.

Regiochemistry

The branch of chemistry that concerns itself with the location at which atoms are positioned in the product of a chemical reaction.

Transition State

A high-energy state during a chemical reaction through which reactants must pass before becoming products.