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An equimolar mixture of two enantiomers of an optically active compound is known as a racemic mixture.
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  1. Complete the following reactions:

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  2. Why do haloalkanes dissolve in organic solvents?

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  3. What is a racemic mixture? Give an example

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  4. Out of the two bromoderivatives, C(6)H(5)CH(CH(3))Br and C(6)H(5)CH(C...

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  5. Write the IUPAC name of the compound CH(3)-C-=C-CHClCH(3).

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  6. Identify A and B in the following reaction.

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  7. Although chlorine is an electron withdrawing group, yet it is ortho-, ...

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  8. What is meant by chirality of a compound? Give an example

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  9. What happens when bromine attacks on CH(2)=CH-CH(2)-CH=CH(2)?

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  10. What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example.

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  11. How will you distinguish between the following pairs of compounds (i...

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  12. Write chemical equations to illustrate the following reaction: (i). ...

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  13. What happens when chlorobenzene is subjected to hydrolysis?

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  14. What happens when CH(3)-Br is treated with KCN?

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  15. Chlorobenzene is extremely less reactive towards nucleophilic substitu...

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  16. Give the structures of the products A, B and C in the following reacti...

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  17. Chloroform is stored in dark coloured bottles. Explain in not more t...

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  18. How will you convert methyl chloride to ethyl amine?

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  19. What happens when iodoform is heated with silver powder ?

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  20. Haloarenas are less reactive than haloalkanes and haloalkenes. Explain...

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