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Ethanol is soluble in water. Why?

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Ethanol is water soluble due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding between ethanaol and water.
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ICSE-ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS -EXERCISE (PART-II Descriptive Questions) (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
  1. Give one chemical test to distinguish between diethyl ether and n-But...

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  2. Name two cyclic ethers.

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  3. How ether fire is extinguished ?

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  4. Why ether fire cannot be extinguished with water?

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  5. Why ethers possess a net dipole moment even if they are symmetrical i...

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  6. Why sodium metal cannot be used for drying alcohol?

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  7. How do you account for the miscibility of ethoxyethane with water?

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  8. Why is sulfuric acid not used during the reaction of alcohols in the ...

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  9. Phenyl methyl ether reacts with HI to give phenol and methyl iodide a...

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  10. How would you convert ethanol to ethene?

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  11. Draw the structure of 2, 6-dimethylphenol.

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  12. Write the chemical equation for the preparation of phenol from benzen...

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  13. Explain the following with an example for each : (i) Kolbe's reacti...

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  14. Write the IUPAC name of the following compound: CH(3)-O-CH(2)-under...

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  15. Of the two alcohols, (a) CH(2)=CH-CH(2)OH and (b) CH(2)=CH-CH(2)-CH(2)...

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  16. An alkoxide ion is a stronger base than hydroxide ion. Justify.

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  17. What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous KOH?

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  18. Ethanol is soluble in water. Why?

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

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  20. Which of the following isomers is more volatile : o-nitrophenol or ...

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