EASY
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Grignard reagent on hydrolysis gives a hydrocarbon. Give equation suggesting another method by which the hydrocarbon obtained in the this reaction can be prepared.

Important Questions on Hydrocarbons

MEDIUM
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Write short note on oxidation reactions of alkanes.
MEDIUM
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
What is Wurtz reaction? What are its limitations? How have these limitations been overcome?
MEDIUM
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
What is Corey-House reaction? In what way, it is superior to Wurtz reaction?
MEDIUM
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
The melting points of alkanes with odd number of carbon atoms are lower than those with even number of carbon atoms. Give reasons.
EASY
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Straight chain alkanes possess higher boiling points than the corresponding branched-chain isomers. Give reasons.
MEDIUM
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Discuss briefly the mechanism of halogenation of methane.
MEDIUM
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Why is rotation about carbon-carbon single bond not free? What type of isomerism does it lead to?
MEDIUM
11th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Draw the Sawhorse and Newman projections for the staggered and eclipsed conformations of ethane. Discuss their relative stability. Can these conformations be separated ? If not, then why ?