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

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DINESH PUBLICATION-ALCOHOLS AND PHENOLS-ASSIGNMENT
  1. Draw the structure and the name of the product when the following alco...

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  2. Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol.

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  3. Alcohols are comparatively more soluble in water than hydrocarbons of ...

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  4. Out of (a) CH(2)=CH-CH(2)OH (b) CH(2)=CH-CH(2)-CH(2)-OH, which will ...

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  5. How will you convert methanol into ethanoic acid ?

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  6. Explain esterification reaction.

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  7. Explain the mechanism of the following reaction 2CH(3)CH(2)OH overse...

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

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  9. Write the structure of 4, 4-dimethylpentan-2-ol.

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  10. Alcohols are comparatively more soluble in water than hydrocarbons of ...

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

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  12. Give a chemical test to distinguish between methanol and ethanol.

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

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  14. Write the chemical reaction of enthanol with PCl(5) and PCl(3) separat...

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  15. Complete the following : (i) R-OH + PCl(5) rarr (ii) R-OH+PCl(3) r...

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  16. How will you convert : (i) Ethyl chloride to methoxyethane (ii) Ac...

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  17. How will you distinguish between propan-2-ol and 2-methylpropan-2-ol ?

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  18. Write the mechanism (using curved arrow notation) for the following re...

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  19. Write the mechanism of dehydration of ethanol.

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  20. Give the chemical tests to distinguish in the primary secondry and ter...

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