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Gamma hydroxybutyric acid, GHB, infamous as a “date rape” drug, is used illicitly because of its effects on the nervous system. The condensed molecular formula for GHB is HO(CH2)3COOH.
(a) Write the Lewis structure for GHB.
(b) Identify the hybridization of the carbon atom in the CH2 groups and of the terminal carbon.
(c) Is hydrogen bonding possible in GHB? If so, write Lewis structures to illustrate the hydrogen bonding.
(d) Which carbon atoms are involved in sigma bonds? In pi bonds?
(e) Which oxygen atom is involved in sigma bonds? In pi bonds?
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