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Assertion : Phenol is more acidic than ethanol. Reason : Phenoxide ion is resonance stabilized.

How would you account for the following: (i) Phenol is more acidic than ethanol. (ii) The boiling points of ethers are much lower than those of the alcohols of comparable molar masses. (iii) Why do ethers possess dipole moment?

(i) Boiling point of an alcohol is higher than its corresponding alkane. Explain. (ii) Why are phenols more acidic than alcohols ?

DINESH PUBLICATION-ALCOHOLS AND PHENOLS-PHENOLS
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  2. How will you convert : (i) Chlorobenzene to phenol (ii) Phenol to ...

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  3. Why is phenol more acidic than ethanol ?

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  4. (a) Write a short note on Reimer Tiemann reaction. (b) Complete the ...

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  5. How will you convert : (i) Chlorobenzene to phenol (ii) Phenol to ...

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  6. Explain the industrial preparation of phenol by Dow's process.

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  7. Give a test to distinguish between phenol and ethyl alcohol.

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  8. Describe the mechanism by which the hydroxyl group attached to an arom...

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  9. Discuss the acidity of phenols.

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  10. (a) What is Reimer-Tiemann reaction ? Give example. (b) How does phe...

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  11. Explain how does the (---OH) group attached to a carbon of benzene rin...

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

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  13. How will you convert phenol into aspirin ?

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  14. What happens when sodium salicylate is heated with sodalime ?

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  15. How will you convert phenol into toluene ?

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  16. How will you convert phenol into salicylic acid ?

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  17. Phenols are much more acidic than alcohols. Explain.

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  18. Give chemical reaction to illustrate Fries rearrangement.

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  19. Complete the following reactions : (i) C(6)H(5)OH+CH(3)Cl underset(A...

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  20. In cumene-phenol process ,phenol is manufactured from the hydrocarbon

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