Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids and its Derivatives
Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids and its Derivatives: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids, Reactions of Carboxylic Acids involving Cleavage of O-H Bond, Chemical Properties of Acid Chloride & Reduction of Acid Chlorides etc.
Important Questions on Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids and its Derivatives
The correct increasing order of acidic strength of the following compounds is
benzoic acid
nitro benzoic acid
, dinitrobenzoic acid
methoxybenzoic acid

Identify A to D in the following sequences of operations:

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

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?

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:

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:

The reaction used for preparation of soap from fat is :

The major product formed in the following reaction is

Compare the acid strength of:

Find the correct order of acidity of the following compounds :

Match the following
Name of the Reaction | Reagents |
(a) Etard reaction | (p) |
(b) Iodoform | (q) |
(c) Gattermann | (r) |
(d) HVZ | (s) |

State the name of the compound and name the acid and alcohol from which it is formed.

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What is the degree of unsaturation of ?

Which of the following compound is converted to an optical isomer when it is treated with Br2 in presence of red phosphorus?

Which of the following reagents can't be used for the reduction of to ?

For the following acids
values will be in the order

In the given esterification rate of reaction maximum when
