Chemical Reactions of Carboxylic acid and its Derivatives
Chemical Reactions of Carboxylic acid and its Derivatives: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Amides, Esterification, Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction, Mechanism of Esterification, Reduction of Carboxylic Acids, Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids, Decarboxylation of Carboxylic Acids and, Soda lime Decarboxylation
Important Questions on Chemical Reactions of Carboxylic acid and its Derivatives
The correct increasing order of acidic strength of the following compounds is
benzoic acid
nitro benzoic acid
, dinitrobenzoic acid
methoxybenzoic acid

The IUPAC name of the following is

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

Acetyl bromide reacts with excess of followed by treatment with a saturated solution of gives –

Among the following acids which has the lowest value?

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:

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:

Which amongst the following compounds has the highest acid strength?

The major product of the following reaction is

The appropriate reagents in the following reactions are

The major product of the following reactions is

The self-condensation reaction of one molecule of -hydroxyhexanoic acid gives

The Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction is used to

When chlorine is passed through acetic acid in presence of halogen carrier (red ), it forms

The product of the reaction of carboxylic acid and sodium hydroxide can undergo decarboxylation. Write the chemical reaction of soda lime decarboxylation.

Give the product obtained when benzoic acid reacts with sodium hydroxide.

Identify the reagents and in the following reaction

In which one of the following cases will the -hydrogen NOT be abstracted on treatment with one equivalent of base?

Effervescence takes place when sodium carbonate solution is added to

Which reagent can convert acetic acid into ethanol?
