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What is rectified spirit?

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**Step-by-Step Text Solution:** 1. **Definition of Rectified Spirit**: Rectified spirit is a specific mixture that primarily consists of ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and water. 2. **Composition**: The composition of rectified spirit is approximately 95% ethanol and 5% water. This high concentration of ethanol makes it a potent alcoholic solution. 3. **Method of Preparation**: Rectified spirit is obtained through the process of distillation. Specifically, it is derived from the distillation of a fermentation mixture. ...
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PRADEEP-ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS-ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
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  2. How will you distinguish between 1-phenylethanol and 2-pheylethanol ?

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  3. What is rectified spirit?

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  4. Absolute alcohol is

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  5. Power alcohol is :

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  6. Why can't rectified spirit be converted into absolute by simple distil...

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  7. Why boiling pointsof phenols are higher than those of the correspondin...

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  8. Why are phenols more acidic than alcohols. Give two reactions to show ...

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  9. Of the two hydroxy organic compounds ROH and R'OH, the first one is ba...

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  10. Arrannge the following is order of decreasing acid strength: CH(3)OH,H...

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  11. Give one reaction to show that phenol is acidic in character.

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  12. How will you know whether a given OH group is alcoholic or phenolic in...

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  13. Phenol is an acid but does not react with sodium bicarbonate solution....

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  14. Phenol reacts with benzoyl chloride in presence of NaOH. What is the p...

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  15. Explain why phenols do not undergo substitution of the -OH group like ...

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  16. Name a phenol with molecular formula C(7)H(8)O which upon treatment wi...

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  17. Which is steam volatile: ortho- or p-nitrophenol? Give reason also. ...

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  18. Name the major product formed when sodium phenoxide is heated with CO(...

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  19. Phenol is heated with chloroform and NaOH at 340 K. what is the main p...

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  20. How will you synthesise salicylic acid from phenol?

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