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What makes acetic acid a stronger acid than phenol?

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Greater resonance stabilization of acetate ion over phenoxide ion.
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PRADEEP-ALDEHYDES, KETONES AND CARBOXYLIC ACIDS -ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
  1. How is CH(3)OH conveted into CH(3)COOH (in one step)?

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  2. Why is benzoic acid less soluble in water than acitic acid?

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  3. Arrange the following in increasing order of their boiling points. C...

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  4. Arrange the following in decreasing order of boiling point. (i) CH(3...

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  5. What is meant by 'acidity constant', K(a)? How is it expressed?

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  6. What makes ethanoic acid a stronger acid than ethanol?

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  7. What makes acetic acid a stronger acid than phenol?

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  8. pK(a) of chloroacetic acid is lower than pK(a) of acetic acid. Explain...

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  9. Arrange the following as stated : 'Increasing order of acidic streng...

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  10. Why is pKa of F-CH(2)COOH lower than that of Cl-CH(2)COOH?

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  11. How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carb...

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  12. Predict the product of the following reaction CH(3)COONa underset(De...

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  13. Which one of the following is an example of Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reac...

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  14. Why HCOOH does not give HVZ reaction but CH(3)COOH does ?

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  15. Name the reagent used to convert carboxylic acids directly to the corr...

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  16. Account for the following : (i) Benzoic acid does not undergo Friede...

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  17. What is vinegar ?

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  18. Mention a chemical property in which formic acid (methanoic acid) diff...

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  19. How will you convert an acid into an ester without using an alcohol?

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  20. Why is ester hydrolysis slow in the beginning and becomes faster after...

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