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Ethyl alcohol (A) reacts with conc. H2SO4 at different temperatures to give different products B, C and D.

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Name the compounds B, C and D.

 

Important Questions on Alcohols

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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 6
An organic compound gives hydrogen on reacting with sodium metal. It also gives iodoform test and forms an aldehyde of molecular formula C2H4O on oxidation with acidified dichromate. Name the compound and give the equation of these reactions.
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 7
How will you convert ethanol to iodoform and chloroform ?
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 8

Explain why ethanol is less acidic than phenol.

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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 8

Explain why :

Though dimethyl ether and ethanol are isomers, still the dimethyl ether is a gas and ethanol is a liquid at room temperature.

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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 1
Describe two methods of preparation of alcohols. Write the reaction of alcohol with PCl5.
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 1
Write the reaction of alcohol with CH3COOH.
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 2
How ethyl alcohol can be converted to methyl alcohol and vice versa? Write any two reactions by which ethyl alcohol is distinguished from methyl alcohol.
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Chemistry Volume-2>Chapter 15 - Alcohols>QUESTIONS>Q 3
Write notes on Victor Meyer's method for distinction of different classes of alcohols.