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Important Questions on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

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With dehydrating agent present which dicarboxylic acid is least reactive towards forming an anhydride?
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The decreasing order of ease of alkaline hydrolysis for the following esters is
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Which one of the following esters gets hydrolyzed most easily under alkaline conditions?
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The increasing order of the reactivity of the following with LiAlH4 is:

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Acid strength given below the correct decreasing order will be :

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How will you bring about the following conversion in not more than two steps? 

Benzoic acid to m-Nitrobenzyl alcohol

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An organic compound A upon reacting with NH3 gives B. On heating, B gives C. C in presence of KOH reacts with Br2 to give CH3CH2NH2. A is :
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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of phosphorous, aliphatic carboxylic acid reacts with chlorine or bromine to yield a reaction in which, α-hydrogen is been replaced by halogen.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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The correct structure of the product P in the following reaction is

Asn-Ser+(CH3CO)2O(excess)NEt3P
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In the reaction,

CH 3 COOH LiAlH 4 A PCl 5 B Alc. KOH C ,

the product C is :
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Acetic anhydride reacts with diethyl ether in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3 to give
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Which is the main organic product obtained by the reaction of 2, 2, 2 trichloro ethanal with calcium hydroxide?