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Name the electrophile produced in the reaction of benzene with benzoyl chloride in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3. Name the reaction also.

Important Questions on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

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Arrange the following in decreasing order of their acidic strength and give reason for your answer.

CH3CH2OH, CH3COOH, ClCH2COOH, FCH2COOH, C6H5CH2COOH

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Compound A was prepared by oxidation of compound B with alkaline KMnO4. Compound A on reduction with lithium aluminum hydride gets converted back to compound B. When compound A is heated with compound B in the presence of H2SO4 it produces fruity smell of compound C to which family the compounds A, B and C belong to?
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Arrange the following in decreasing order of their acidic strength. Give explanation for the arrangement.

C6H5COOH, FCH2COOH, NO2CH2COOH

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Alkenes Question Image and carbonyl compounds Question Image, both contain a π bond but alkenes show electrophilic addition reactions whereas carbonyl compounds show nucleophilic addition reactions. Explain.

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Carboxylic acids contain carbonyl group but do not show the nucleophilic addition reaction like aldehydes or ketones. Why?
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Identify the compounds A, B and C in the following reaction

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Can Gattermann-Koch reaction be considered similar to Friedel Craft’s acylation? Discuss.
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Match the acids given in Column I with their correct IUPAC names given in Column II.

 Column I

(Acids)

 Column II

(IUPAC names)

 (i) Phthalic acid  (a) Hexane-1,6-dioic acid
 (ii) Oxalic acid  (b) Benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid
 (iii) Succinic acid  (c) Pentane-1,5-dioic acid
 (iv) Adipic acid  (d) Butane-1,4-dioic acid
 (v) Glutaric acid  (e) Ethane-1,2-dioic acid

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