Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Hydroxy Compounds And Ethers, Exercise 1: Exercise

$2$-Nitrophenol boils at a lower temperature than $3$-nitrophenol.

How can phenol be converted to aspirin?

Give reason for the higher boiling point of ethanol in comparison to methoxy methane.

Account for the following :

Preparation of ethers by acidic dehydration of secondary or tertiary alcohols is not a suitable method.

Give the common name of the following alcohol:

${\left({\mathrm{CH}}_3\right)}_2{\mathrm{CHCH}}_2\mathrm{OH}$

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

Which of the following alcohols is prepared by acid catalysed hydration of alkenes?

The product formed when diethyl ether reacts with chlorine in the presence of light is