Chemical Reactions of Alcohols
Chemical Reactions of Alcohols: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Dehydration of Alcohols, Dehydrogenation of Alcohols, Chemical Properties of Alcohols, Mechanism of Dehydration of Alcohols, Acidic Character of Alcohols and, Alcohols as Nucleophiles
Important Questions on Chemical Reactions of Alcohols
An organic compound A has the molecular formula . It gets hydrolysed with dilute sulphuric acid and gives a carboxylic acid B and an alcohol C. Oxidation of C with chromic acid also produced B. C on dehydration reaction gives D. Identify A, B, C and D?
Aldol reaction is used as one of the step for which of the following conversions :
(i) Ethanol to 3-hydroxybutanal
(ii) Benzaldehyde to Benzophenone
The following pairs of compounds can be distinguished by which of the following test:
(i) Acetophenone and Benzophenone
(ii) Ethanal and Propanal
Acid catalyzed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formation of
Among the following the one that gives positive iodoform test depend upon reaction with and NaOH is –
The main product of the following reactions is
During dehydration of alcohols to alkenes by heating with concentrated the initiation step is –
An aromatic compound gives following tests with the given reagents.
Identify ''
Which of the following conversion explains the acidic nature of alcohols?
The compound that dehydrates most readily is
Which of the following compounds is oxidized to prepare methyl ethyl ketone?
Which of the following compounds will mostly readily be dehydrated to give alkene under acidic condition?
The reaction of phosphorus tribromide with ethanol gives ______.
Which one of the following alcohols undergoes acid-catalysed dehydration to alkenes most readily?
Formation ofas a major product by the dehydration of is according to ______.
For the reaction
The order of reactivity of halogen acids is ______.
How many of the following will give gas when react with sodium metal
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
reacts rapidly with:
The correct order of acidity of the alcohols is?
Which of the following compounds yields -Ethylpentan -- ol by using ethyl magnesium iodide followed by acid hydrolysis?