Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids
Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids: Overview
This topic consists of various concepts like Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids,Reactions of Carboxylic Acids involving Cleavage of O-H Bond,Acidity of Carboxylic Acids, etc.
Important Questions on Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids
The correct increasing order of acidic strength of the following compounds is
benzoic acid
nitro benzoic acid
, dinitrobenzoic acid
methoxybenzoic acid
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Identify A to D in the following sequences of operations:
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The reagents that can be used to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds would be:
(i) Propanal and Propanone
(ii) Phenol and Benzoic acid
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Acetyl bromide reacts with excess of followed by treatment with a saturated solution of gives –
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Among the following acids which has the lowest value?
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A liquid was mixed with ethanol and a drop of concentrated H2SO4 was added. A compound with a fruity smell was formed. The liquid was:
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A liquid was mixed with ethanol and a drop of concentrated H2SO4 was added. A compound with a fruity smell was formed. The liquid was:
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Which amongst the following compounds has the highest acid strength?
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An organic compound with molecular formula , which is a colourless liquid at room temperature with unpleasant odour, onnreaction with Phosphorous trichloride gives compound . Compound on treatment with dimethyl cadmium gives compound , which when treated with sodium hypoiodite gives yellow colour precipitation. Identify compounds and write the sequence of the chemical reactions involved.
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason .
Assertion : A solution of the product obtained by heating a mole of glycine with a mole of chlorine in presence of red phosphorous generates chiral carbon atom.
Reason : A molecule with chiral carbons is always optically active.
In the light of above statements, chose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Complete the following reaction :
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Which acid of the following pair is a stronger acid ?
or
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Match List-I with .
List-I Name of reaction |
List-II Reagent used |
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Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction | |||
Iodoform reaction | |||
Etard reaction | |||
Gatterman-Koch reaction |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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The major product formed in the following reaction is
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Compare the acid strength of:
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Find the correct order of acidity of the following compounds :
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Match the following
Name of the Reaction | Reagents |
(a) Etard reaction | (p) |
(b) Iodoform | (q) |
(c) Gattermann | (r) |
(d) HVZ | (s) |
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Identify the products.
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Which of the following acids has least acidic strength ?
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Convert the following :
Ethanol to propanol
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