M K Verma Solutions for Chapter: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, Exercise 1: TOPICWISE QUESTIONS

Choose the correct acidity order of the following phenols.

Which among the following compounds will give a secondary alcohol on reacting with excess of Grignard reagent followed by acid hydrolysis?

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Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

$0.44 \mathrm{g}$ of a monohydric alcohol when added to methyl magnesium iodide in ether liberates $112 {\mathrm{cm}}^3$ of methane at $\mathrm{STP}$. With $\mathrm{PCC}$, the same alcohol forms a carbonyl compound that answers silver mirror test. The monohydric alcohol is:

Weight of hydrogen formed when $1$ mole of alcohol reacts with $\mathrm{Na}$ is:

The reactivity of compound $\mathrm{Z}$ with different halogens under appropriate conditions is given below:

The observed pattern of electrophilic substitution can be explained by

$\left(\mathrm{i}\right)$ The steric effect of the halogen.

$\left(\mathrm{ii}\right)$ The steric effect of the tert-butyl group.

$\left(\mathrm{iii}\right)$ The electronic effect of the phenolic group.

$\left(\mathrm{iv}\right)$ The electronic effect of the tert-butyl group.

The major product(s) of the following reaction is/are:

 Match the chemical conversions in list $\mathrm{I}$ with appropriate reagents in list $\mathrm{II}$ and select the correct answer using the code given below the list.

List-I		List-II
P.		I.	$\left(\mathrm{i}\right) \mathrm{Hg}(\mathrm{OAc}{)}_2;$ $\left(\mathrm{ii}\right)$ ${\mathrm{NaBH}}_4$
Q.		II.	$\mathrm{NaOEt}$
R.		III.	$\mathrm{Et}-\mathrm{Br}$
S.		IV.	$\left(\mathrm{i}\right)$ ${\mathrm{BH}}_3;$ $\left(\mathrm{ii}\right) {\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{O}}_2/\mathrm{NaOH}$

The IUPAC name of the compound is: