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C6H6+CH3CH2CH2CH2COCl_____+_____.

Name the class of compound formed in acylation of benzene in the above given half reaction.

Important Questions on Benzene and its Compounds

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Hexylbenzene is refluxed with alkaline potassium manganate VII and then acidified with dilute sulphuric acid. The same experiment is carried out but using hexane and the oxidising agent. Compare what would happen in these experiments.
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Give the reagents and conditions needed to convert benzene into cyclohexane.
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Which type of reaction classifies the reaction in the reagents and conditions needed to convert benzene into cyclohexane.
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Place the following molecules in order of their acidity, starting with the most acidic:

CH3COOH  C6H5OH  HCl  C3H7OH  H2O.

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Would you expect methanol to be more or less acidic than phenol? Explain your answer.
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Name the three reactants mixed to prepare a diazonium chloride salt.
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Give the conditions used for the reaction in a diazonium chloride salt.
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Place these molecules in order of ease of nitration, with the most reactive first:

C6H6   C6H5CH3   C6H5COOH   C6H5OH.