Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids and its Derivatives
Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids and its Derivatives: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Amides, Esterification, Hunsdiecker Reaction, Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction, Mechanism of Esterification, Reduction of Carboxylic Acids, Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids and, Decarboxylation of Carboxylic Acids
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
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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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The major product formed in the following reaction is
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The CORRECT reagent to effect following conversion is
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The CORRECT order of value of the following acids is
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The major product formed in the following reaction is
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Reaction of propanoic acid with and red phosphorous followed by treatment with water gives
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The CORRECT order of acidity for the following compounds is
(I)
(II)
(III)
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The CORRECT sequence of reagents that would give following conversion is
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Electrolysis of aqueous solution of isobutyric acid gives
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Which of the following reagents can convert acid chloride into alcohols?
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Consider the reaction.
The functional group of cyclic compound (A) is:
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The self-condensation reaction of one molecule of -hydroxyhexanoic acid gives
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The Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction is used to
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