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Alcohols are comparatively more soluble in water than hydrocarbons of comparable melecular masses. Explain this fact.

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Intermolecular hydrogen bonding is present in the molecules of alcohol and water while the same is absent in the molecules of hydrocatbon and water. As a result, alcohols are more soluble in water as compared to hydrocarbons which are almost water insoluble.
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  5. Write the mechanism for the preparation of ethanol from ethane.

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  6. How will you convert methanol into ethanoic acid ?

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  9. Arrange the following compounds in increasing of order of their acidic...

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  10. How will you distinguish between benzyl alcohol and phenol ?

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  11. Explain esterification reaction.

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  12. Explain mechanism of dehysration of alcohols to give alkenes.

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  13. Write any teo difference between methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol.

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  15. Give the structures of A, B and C in the following reaction : CH(3)B...

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  17. How will you prepare benzene from phenol ?

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  18. How will you explain that phenols are acidic in nature ?

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  19. How will you prepare alcohols from alkyl halides and alkenes ? Write c...

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  20. Which compound is formed when a secondary alcohol is oxidized ?

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