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Assertion : - Dehydration of alcohols always takes place in basic medium.
Reason :- OH- is a good leaving group

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Important Questions on Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

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Assertion (A): m-Nitrophenol is less acidic than p-nitrophenol.

Reason (R): p-Nitrophenol has intermolecular-H-bonding.

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Assertion :- Ph-O-C2H5 can be prepared form PhONa and ethyl lodide.

Reason :- Aryl halides are less reactive substrates for nucleophilic substitution reaction.

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Assertion :- Methoxy ethane has less boiling point than propanol.

Reason :- Methoxy ethane is more polar than propanol.

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Assertion :- Phenol is stronger acid than alcohols.
Reason :- Phenol is stabilized by resonance whereas alcohol are not.
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Acids do not give the characteristic reactions of C=O group because of :-
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Reaction of ethyl acetate with sodium ethoxide gives acetoacetic ester. This reaction is known with the name of :-
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The formation of cyanohydrin from a ketone is an example of