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Aromatic carboxylic acids undergo electrophilic substitution reactions in which the ______ group acts as a deactivating and meta-directing group.

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Important Questions on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

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Which of the following gives Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky (HVZ) reaction?
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The correct structure of the product P in the following reaction is

Asn-Ser+(CH3CO)2O(excess)NEt3P
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The correct order of their reactivity towards hydrolysis at room temperature is:

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Acetic anhydride reacts with diethyl ether in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3 to give
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Considering the reaction sequence given below, the correct statement(s) is(are)

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Propanoic acid undergoes HVZ reaction to give chloropropanoic acid. The product obtained is
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Which of the following derivatives of alcohols is unstable in an aqueous base?
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Ethanoic acid undergoes Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction but Methanoic acid does not, because of
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Give the chemical equation for the reaction of CH3COOH with following:

LiAlH4

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Match List-I with .

List-I

Name of reaction

List-II

Reagent used

A Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction I NaOH + I2
B Iodoform reaction II (i) CrO2Cl2, CS2 (ii) H2O
C Etard reaction III (i) Br2/red phosphorus(ii) H2O
D Gatterman-Koch reaction IV CO, HCl, anhyd. AlCl3

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Ethyl pent-4-yn-oate on reaction with CH3MgBr gives a 3°-alcohol.
Statement II : In this reaction one mole of ethyl pent-4-yn-oate utilizes two moles of CH3MgBr.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: A solution of the product obtained by heating a mole of glycine with a mole of chlorine in presence of red phosphorous generates chiral carbon atom.
Reason R: A molecule with 2 chiral carbons is always optically active.
In the light of above statements, chose the correct answer from the options given below: 
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How will you obtain following from acetic acid? (Give equation only)

Trichloroacetic acid

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Which of the following acids, does NOT undergo Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction?
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In the presence of a small amount of phosphorous, aliphatic carboxylic acid reacts with chlorine or bromine to yield a reaction in which, α-hydrogen is been replaced by halogen. This reaction is known as
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Consider the following reaction scheme and choose the correct option(s) for the major products Q, R and S.

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