Prof. Santosh Yadav and Prof. Anil Thomas Solutions for Chapter: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids, Exercise 3: Competitive Thinking

How many $\mathrm{C}$-atoms are there in isopropyl propionate?

The compound which does not react with Fehling's solution:

The number of structural isomeric aldehydes for ${\mathrm{C}}_{\mathrm{5}}{\mathrm{H}}_{\mathrm{10}}\mathrm{O}$ is ________.

This does not convert a ketone to an alcohol:

${\mathrm{H}}_{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{CCH}}_{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{CO}}_{\mathrm{2}}\mathrm{H} \underset{\mathrm{\Delta }}{\overset{{\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{O}}_{\mathrm{5}}}{\to }}\mathrm{X} \stackrel{{\mathrm{H}}_{\mathrm{2}}\mathrm{O}}{\to }\mathrm{Y} \stackrel{{\mathrm{SOCl}}_{\mathrm{2}}}{\to }\mathrm{Z}$

Identify $\mathrm{X}, \mathrm{Y}$ and $\mathrm{Z}$.

Reaction of a carbonyl compound with one of the following reagents involves nucleophilic addition followed by elimination of water. The reagent is _____.

Nitration of which among the following compounds yields cyclonite?

An organic compound, ${\mathrm{C}}_{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{H}}_{\mathrm{6}}\mathrm{O}$ does not give a precipitate with $2,4$-dinitrophenylhydrazine reagent and does not react with metallic sodium. It could be_______.