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R G PUBLICATION-ALDEHYDES, KETONES AND CARBOXYLIC ACID-EXERCISE
  1. Name the acids present in small ants and vineger.

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  2. What is Jones reagent? For which purpose it is used?

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  3. Why carboxylic acid exists as dimer?

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  4. Why esterification is carried in presence of little acid?

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  5. Out of F3C COOH and H3C COOH compounds which would you expect to be st...

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  6. Describe the folloiwng conversions in not more than two steps: Ethanol...

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  7. Describe the folloiwng conversions in not more than two steps: Benzoic...

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  8. Describe the folloiwng conversions in not more than two steps: Propano...

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  9. Write why aldehydes are generally more re-active than ketones in nucle...

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  10. Give reasons: Electrophilic substitution in benzoic acids takes place ...

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  11. Give reasons: Carboxylic acids donot give the charactristic reactions ...

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  12. Arrange the following in increasing order of pKa values: CH3COOH, CICH...

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  13. Arrange the following: (in increasing order of reactivity towards nucl...

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  14. Explain why carbonyl compounds always show nucleophilic addition react...

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  15. Write one common method for the preparation of ethanal & prop-2-one.

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  16. Assign the type of force exist in the following compounds. Which of th...

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  17. Explain the reactivity order of the following carbonyl comounds. HCHO,...

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  18. How carbonyl compound are purified by so-dium bi sulphite reaction?

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  19. Why is Alpha- hydrogens of aldehyde or ketone very important.

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  20. Explain with reason, arrange the following carbo-nyl compounds in orde...

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