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Ether bottles should not be kept open in...

Ether bottles should not be kept open in air because-

A

Ether is an anaesthetic

B

Ether forms an explosive peroxide

C

Ether is costly

D

Ether gets oxidised to ethanol

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BANSAL-ALCOHOL, ETHERS & PHENOL, OXIDATION & REDUCTION -Exercise 1
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  2. The structure of the compounds formed by the the reaction of diethyl e...

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  3. Ether bottles should not be kept open in air because-

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  4. Isopropyl alcohol vapour is passed over alumina heated at about at abo...

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  5. Which of the following is not expected to give ether on reaction with ...

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  6. Consider the following reactions CH(3)CH=CH(2)overset(1.(CH(3)COOH)(...

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  7. What is the end product 'B' of following sequence of reaction? C(6)H...

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  8. What are the final products of the following sequence of reactions? ...

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  9. Phenol is obtained in large scale from which fraction of coal-tar?

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  10. By which of the following reactions phenol can be prepared industriall...

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  11. The compound obtained by heating cumenehydroperoxide with dil. H(2)SO(...

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  12. The product of the reaction of benzene with oxygen in the presenec of ...

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  13. Dow's process used in the industrial preparation of phenol, is-

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  14. Benzo radical in the following is-

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  15. Next higher homologue of phenol is-

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  16. Which of the following is not a phenolic compound-

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  17. Unacceptable name for a compound containing one-OH group attached to b...

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  18. How many pi electrons are there in a planar ring of phenol

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  19. When phenol reactes with CHCl(3) and NaOH followed by acidification, ...

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  20. The presence of -OH on adjacent carbon atoms can be detected by the re...

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