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What are alcohols? Give example.

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Alcohols are the organic compounds containing hydroxyl group attached to the alkyl group. Ex: `underset("Methylalcohol")(CH_(3)OH)" " underset("Ethylalcohol")(C_(2)H_(5)OH)`
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  1. What are alcohols? Give example.

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  2. What are phenols? Give example.

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  3. What are primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols?

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  4. Give the conversion of alkenes into alcohols.

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  5. Give the conversion of carbonyl compounds into alcohols.

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  6. Give the conversion of carboxylic acids into alcohols.

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  7. Explain the preparation of phenols from cumene.

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  8. Alcohols of lower molecular mass of phenols are solubel in water. Give...

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  9. The boiling points of alcohols and phenol are high. Give reason.

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  10. How boiling points varies when number of carbon atoms Increases in lin...

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  11. Explain the acidic nature of alcohols.

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  12. Explain the acidic nature of phenols.

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  13. Among alcohols and phenols which one is more acidic ? And why ?

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  14. What is the effect of Electron withdrawing group on acidity of pheno...

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  15. What is the effect of Electron donating group on acidity of alcohol...

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  16. What is the effect of Boiling point of alcohols on increasing numbe...

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  17. What is the effect of the group on the acidity of phenols? CH(3)

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  18. What is the effect of the group on the acidity of phenols? -NO(2)

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  19. Explain esterification reaction with an example.

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  20. What is acetylation reaction? Explain the acetylation of salicylic aci...

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