Exercise 1

Which of the following is $4-$methylpentan$-2-$ol?

Which of the following compounds can be separated by water ?

Identify the final product in the following reaction:

In the following reaction, ${\mathrm{C}}_2{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{OH}+{\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{COOH}\underset{{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}}{\overset{\mathrm{Conc}.{\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4}{\to }}{\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{COOC}}_2{\mathrm{H}}_5$, ${\mathrm{C}}_2{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{OH}$ acts as:

Acetic acid reacts separately with the following phenols. The rate of esterification is highest for 

Identify the major products, $\mathrm{X}$ and $\mathrm{Y}$, in the following sequence of transformations.

Ethers are isomeric with :

Acetyl bromide reacts with excess of ${\mathrm{CH}}_3$ $\mathrm{MgI}$ followed by treatment with a saturated solution of ${\mathrm{NH}}_4\mathrm{Cl}$ gives