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I meed help with questions 1-7 for organic chemistry lab

Questions 1. How do abnormally low GABA (yaminobutryic acid) levels affect a person's behavior? Why 2. Chemically speaking how does Dilantin help to control epileptic seizures? es 3. Ammonium nitrate was added to the reaction mixture in the formation of benzyl from benzoin. What was the purpose of the ammonium nitrate? C 4. In forming benzyl, a catalytic amount of cupric acetate but an excess of ammounium nitrate was ed. Explain why the differing amounts, catalytic vs. excess, were used? 5. The reaction of benzoin with cupric acetate is one example of catalytic oxidation of an alcohol to a ketone, Give two oxidizing reagents (other than cupric acetate) that can be used to oxidize benzoin, a secondary alcohol, to a ketone. ular Models Report Sheet dfor h i p Explain why a 3° alcohol, such as t-butyl alcohol, would not be oxidized by cupric acetate. 6. 7. Redraw the Dilantinmolecule below. Circle and identify all functional groups in this molecule. Classify the molecular framework as acyclic, carbocyclic or heterocyclic (Hint: You defined these in the Ethanol Experiment).

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