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Describe the mechanism by which the hydroxyl group attached to an aromatic ring is more acidic than the hydroxyl group attached to the alkyl group. How does the presence of a nitro group in phenol affect its acidic nature ?

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  • An amino acid with a hydroxyl group is

    A
    alanine
    B
    tyrosine
    C
    valine
    D
    phenyl alanine

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    A
    alanine
    B
    tyrosine
    C
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    activates the ring towards electrophilic substitution.
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    C
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    • DINESH PUBLICATION-ALCOHOLS AND PHENOLS-PHENOLS
    1. Explain the industrial preparation of phenol by Dow's process.

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

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

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    4. Discuss the acidity of phenols.

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

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

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

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    8. How will you convert phenol into aspirin ?

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

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    10. How will you convert phenol into toluene ?

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    11. How will you convert phenol into salicylic acid ?

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

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    13. Give chemical reaction to illustrate Fries rearrangement.

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

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

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    16. Complete the following :

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    17. How will you prepare picric acid from phenol ?

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    18. Starting from phenol, how is phenolphthalein obtained ?

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

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

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