Exercise

Name the compounds which are used for the preparation of benzophenone by Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction. Draw their structures.

Predict the product of the following reaction:

${\mathrm{CH}}_3-{\mathrm{CH}}_2-{\mathrm{COOCH}}_3\underset{\mathrm{ii}. {\mathrm{H}}_3{\mathrm{O}}^{\oplus }}{\overset{\mathrm{i}. \mathrm{AlH}{\left(\mathrm{i}-\mathrm{Bu}\right)}_2}{\to }}?$

What is the action of the following reagents on toluene?

Acetyl chloride in presence of anhydrous ${\mathrm{AlCl}}_3$.

Nitration of benzaldehyde gives

How does acetone react with sodium bisulphite?

An acid anhydride (A) on treatment with ethyl alcohol gives carboxylic acid (B) and ester (C). Hydrolysis of (C) under acidic condition gives acetic acid and ethanol. What is compound A.

Nitration of benzoic acid gives

A sweet smelling compounds formed by reacting acetic acid with ethanol in the presence of hydrochloric acid is: