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Which is leaving group in the hydrolysis of `CH_(3)COOC_(2)H_(5)` ?

A

`C_(2)H_(5)^(+)`

B

`C_(2)H_(5)O^(-)`

C

`CH_(3)COO^(-)`

D

`CH_(3)^(-)`

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Arrange the following in order of their increasing ease of hydrolysis : CH_(3) COOC_(2) H_(5), CH_(3) COCl, (CH_(3) CO)_(2) O, CH_(3) CONH_(2) .

a. Acid halides, anhydrides, esters and amides, all of them contain (C=O) group but none of them gives test for (C=O) group, i.e., they do not form oximes, hydrazones, and DNP derivatives, etc. Why? b. Arrange the following in the decreasing order of nucleophilic addition. i. (1) -CHO (2) -COCH_(3) (3) -COOH (4) -COCI (5) -CONH_(2) (6)-COOCH_(3) (7)-COO^(Θ) ii. (1) CH_(3)CHO (2) CH_(3)COCH_(3) (3) HCHO (4)CH_(2)H_(5)CH_(2)COCH_(3) iii. (1) CH_(3)COCH_(3) (2)C_(6)H_(5)COCH_(3) (3) C_(6)H_(5)COC_(6)H_(5) (4) C_(6)H_(5)CH_(2)COCH_(3) iv. (1)C_(6)H_(5)CHO (2) rho-CH_(3).C_(6)H_(4).CHO (3)rho-OH.C_(6)H_(4).CHO (4) rho-NO_(2).C_(6)H_(4).CHO (5) rho-CI.C_(6)H_(4).CHO v. (1) HCHO (2) CH_(3)CHO (3) CH_(3)COCH_(3) (4) CI_(3)C CHO c. Arrange the following in the increasing order of ease of hydrolysis. (1)C CH_(3)COOC_(2)H_(5) (2) CH_(3)COCI (3) (CH_(3)CO)_(2)O (4) CH_(3)CONH_(2) d. Arrange the following in the increasing order of ease of acid-catalysed esterification of: i. ii. (1) CH_(3)CH_(2)COOH (2) (CH_(3))_(2)CHCOOH (3) (CH_(3))_(3)C COOH iii. (1) CH_(3)CH_(2)CH_(2)OH (2) CH_(3)CHOHC_(2)H_(5) (3) (CH_(3))_(2)C(OH)C_(2)H_(5) e. Arrange the following esters in decresing order of ease of alkaline hydrolysis. i. (1) HCOOCH_(3) (2) CH_(3)COOCH_(3) (3) (CH_(3))_(3)C COOCH_(3) (4) (CH_(3))_(2)CHCOOCH_(3) ii. (1) CH_(3)COOCH_(3) (2) CH_(3)COOC(CH_(3))_(3) (3) CH_(3)COOCH(CH_(3))_(2) (4) CH_(3)COOCH_(2)CH_(3) iii. (1) C_(6)H_(5)COOCH_(3) (2) rho-CH_(3)O-C_(6)H_(4)-C COOCH_(3) (3) rho-NO_(2)-C_(6)H_(4)-COOCH_(3) (4) rho-Cl-C_(6)H_(4)-COOCH_(3)

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  • The IUPAC name of CH_(3)COOC_(2)H_(5) will be

    A
    Ethyl acetate
    B
    Ethyl ethanoate
    C
    Methyl propanoate
    D
    None of these
  • Number of cross products in the given reaction, CH_(3)COOC_(2)H_(5) + C_(6) H_(5)CH_(2)COOC_(2)H_(5)overset(C_(2)H_(5)Ona// C_(2) H_(5)OH)to will be:

    A
    one
    B
    three
    C
    two
    D
    four
  • The alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate is represented by the equation CH_(3) COOC_(2)H_(5) + NaOH to CH_(3) COONa + C_(2)H_(5) OH Experimentally it is found that for this reaction (dx)/(dt) = k [CH_(3)COOC_(2)H_(5)][NaOH] Then the reaction is

    A
    Bimolecular and of first order
    B
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    C
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    D
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