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Write the reaction between tert-butyl chloride and Sodium ethoxide.

Important Questions on Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

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How would you detect the presence of peroxide in the old samples (kept for a long time) of ethers?
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How ethers can be free from peroxides?
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Write the name of the product when tert.butyl methyl ether is heated with conc. H2SO4.
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Explain the fact that in aryl alkyl ethers the alkoxy group activates the benzene ring towards electrophilic substitution.
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Write the reactions and the conditions involved in the conversion of :

Phenol to benzoquinone.

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Explain the following giving one example for each:

Friedel-Craft's acetylation of anisole

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How would you obtain :

Propan-2-ol from propane

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How do primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols differ in their behaviour towards oxidising agents.