Alcohols and Phenols

Author:Maharashtra Board
12th Maharashtra Board
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Important Questions on Alcohols and Phenols

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Give the reagents and conditions necessary to prepare phenol from

  • Chlorobenzene

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Give a simple chemical test to distinguish between ethanol and ethyl bromide.

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Give the equations of the reactions for the preparation of phenol from isopropyl benzene.

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Give the reagents and conditions necessary to prepare phenol from

  • Benzene sulphonic acid.

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Write two points of difference between the properties of phenol and ethyl alcohol.

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Why phenol is more acidic than ethyl alcohol?

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Write the name of the electrophile used in Kolbe’s Reaction.

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Write the structure of optically active alcohol having molecular formula C4H10O.

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Write the IUPAC name of alcohol having molecular formula C4H10O which is resistant towards oxidation.

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Hydroboration-oxidation of propene gives _____.

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What are the electronic effects exerted by -OCH3 and -Cl? Predict the acid strength of Question Image and Question Image relative
to parent phenol Question Image.

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What is the name of the compound having -OH group bonded to benzene ring?

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The compound incapable of hydrogen bonding with water is ________.

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Which of the following is the least acidic compound?

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Anisole on heating with concentrated HI gives

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Resorcinol on distillation with zinc dust gives

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Which is the most resistant alcohol towards oxidation reaction among the following?

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Which of the following reaction will give ionic organic product on reaction?

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Which is the best reagent for carrying out the following conversion?

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Which of the following represents the increasing order of boiling points of 1,2 and 3?

1 CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-OH

2 CH32CH-O-CH3

3 CH33COH