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Acetone is highly soluble in water but benzophenone is not. Give reasons.

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Understanding Solubility:** - Solubility in water is influenced by the ability of a substance to interact with water molecules. Polar substances tend to be more soluble in water due to favorable interactions with water. 2. **Analyzing Acetone:** - Acetone (C3H6O) is a small, polar molecule with a carbonyl group (C=O) that can form hydrogen bonds with water. The presence of this polar functional group allows acetone to interact effectively with water molecules, leading to high solubility. ...
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  2. Ethanal is soluble in water. Why?

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  3. Acetone is highly soluble in water but benzophenone is not. Give reaso...

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  5. Rearrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their boi...

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  7. How will you convert acetone into 2-methyl-2-propanol? Or how is ter...

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  8. Draw the structure of semicarbozide of ethanal.

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  9. Write the structures of A and B in the following reaction, CH(3)COCl...

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  10. Hydrazones of aldehydes and ketones are not prepared in highly acidic ...

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  11. Acetophenone on reaction with hydroxyl amine hydrochloride can produce...

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  12. How will you convert propanone to propan-2-ol?

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  13. Name two methods which are commonly used to convert gtC=O grou into a ...

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  14. What product is obtained when acetophenone is treated with hydrazine h...

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  15. Predict the product of the following reaction:

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  16. Give the chemical reaction when ethanal is heated with hydrogen iodide...

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  18. What is Tollen's reagent? Write one usefulness of this reagent.

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  19. Name two reagents which can be used to distinguish acetaldehyde from a...

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  20. Give the IUPAC name of the only aldehyde which undergoes iodoform test...

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