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Ethanoic acid undergoes Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction but Methanoic acid does not, because of

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Important Questions on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

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Acetic anhydride reacts with diethyl ether in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3 to give
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Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Ethyl pent-4-yn-oate on reaction with CH3MgBr gives a 3°-alcohol.
Statement II : In this reaction one mole of ethyl pent-4-yn-oate utilizes two moles of CH3MgBr.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
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In the presence of a small amount of phosphorous, aliphatic carboxylic acid reacts with chlorine or bromine to yield a reaction in which, α-hydrogen is been replaced by halogen. This reaction is known as
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Which of the following derivatives of alcohols is unstable in an aqueous base?
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Which of the following gives Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky (HVZ) reaction?
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Match List-I with .

List-I

Name of reaction

List-II

Reagent used

A Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction I NaOH + I2
B Iodoform reaction II (i) CrO2Cl2, CS2 (ii) H2O
C Etard reaction III (i) Br2/red phosphorus(ii) H2O
D Gatterman-Koch reaction IV CO, HCl, anhyd. AlCl3

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Which of the following acids, does NOT undergo Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction?
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The correct structure of the product P in the following reaction is

Asn-Ser+(CH3CO)2O(excess)NEt3P
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Give the chemical equation for the reaction of CH3COOH with following:

LiAlH4

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How will you obtain following from acetic acid? (Give equation only)

Trichloroacetic acid

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Considering the reaction sequence given below, the correct statement(s) is(are)

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Consider the following reaction scheme and choose the correct option(s) for the major products Q, R and S.

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: A solution of the product obtained by heating a mole of glycine with a mole of chlorine in presence of red phosphorous generates chiral carbon atom.
Reason R: A molecule with 2 chiral carbons is always optically active.
In the light of above statements, chose the correct answer from the options given below: 
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The correct order of their reactivity towards hydrolysis at room temperature is:

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Propanoic acid undergoes HVZ reaction to give chloropropanoic acid. The product obtained is
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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. There are questions given below the passage and for each question, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Whenever I go into a bank, I feel scared. Everybody and everything that I see there (1) ____ me. As for the manager the sight (2) ____ him simply terrifies me and (3) ____ me want to runaway (4) _____ I can. As soon as I (5) ____ the door of the bank I lose my head (6) ____ when I try to do any (7) ____ there, I behave like an idiot. I cannot explain (8) ____ for this but that is how it (9) ____ has been that is how it is (10) ____.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 10.