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AAKASH SERIES-ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS-EXERCISE - 2.2
  1. Why phenols are stronger acids than alcohols?

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  2. Can pehnols react with NaHCO3 to leberate CO2 ?

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  3. tert-Butyl alcohol is much more soluble in water than n-butyl alcohol....

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  4. Give the sequence of reactions to prepare 2-butanol starting from 1-bu...

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  5. Discuss on the relative reactivity of different alcohols with a given ...

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  6. Among isomeric alcohols which reacts fastest with metallic sodium? Why...

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  7. Write the importance of isotopic oxygen (O^(18)) in the mechanism of e...

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  8. Arrange the following in the increasing acidic strength: Phenol, o-c...

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  9. What are the products formed when (CH3)3C-CH=CH2 is subjected to (a) h...

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  10. Explain how -OH group in phenol is ortho- and para- orienting?

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  11. Why tribromophenol is formed when phenol is treated with bromine water...

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  12. Williamson's synthesis cannot be carried out with tertiary alkyl chlor...

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  13. Reaction of 2-pentanol or 3-pentanol on reaction with HCI give both 2-...

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  14. What happens when phenol is treated with carbontetrachloride, in the p...

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  15. Give the sequence of reactions to convert benzene into p-hydroxyacetop...

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  16. What is dichlorocarbene? Write the reaction in which dichlorocarbene i...

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  17. An alkoxy group connected to benzene ring is ortho- and para-orienting...

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  18. How is benzene converted to phenol via Friedel-Crafts reaction?

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  19. Tertiary alkyl halides are not suitable for preparation of ethers by W...

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  20. Write the product(s) of the following reactions :

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