An Unknown Compound a Has the Molecular Formula C₁₂H₁₆O

question 39

Multiple Choice

An unknown compound A has the molecular formula C₁₂H₁₆O. Compound A absorbs strongly in the IR at 1700 cm^-1. The NMR spectral data for compound A are given below. What is the structure of compound A?

• A) I
• B) II
• C) III
• D) IV

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Definitions:

Negatively Skewed

A distribution of data where the tail on the left side of the distribution is longer or fatter than the right side, indicating that the bulk of the values lie to the right of the mean.

Distribution

The way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area, also used in statistics to describe the spread of values in a dataset.

Kurtosis

A statistical measure that describes the shape of a distribution's tails in relation to its overall shape, indicating the degree of outlier prominence.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how spread out the values are from the mean.