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List the uses of menthol.

Important Questions on Hydroxy Compounds and Ethers

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While making paneer (cottage cheese) from milk by adding dilute acetic acid, the milk proteins undergo
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Ethanoic Acid is an organic compound having industrial values.
How ethanoic acid is manufactured industrially? 
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How is ethanol manufactured?
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Give the name of Enzyme used to convert glucose into ethanol.
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Denature spirit is used for industrial purposes.What is denatured spirit?
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What is Fermentation? How is Ethyl alcohol obtained from molasses?
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Ethanoic Acid is an organic compound having industrial values.
Give any one use of ethanoic acid. 
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Esters are obtained by the reaction between alcohols and carboxylic acids.

Write the chemical equation for the formation of ethyl ethanoate.

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What is absolute alcohol?
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A compound X (having vinegar like smell) when treated with ethanol in the presence of the acid, Z, gives a compound Y which has a fruity smell.
The reaction is
C2H5OH+X→ZY+H2O
Write the structural formula of X.
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The mixture of alcohol and ether, used in place of petrol, is known as?
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Mention one use of each of acetic acid and ethyl alcohol.
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The catalyst used in the synthesis of 'wood spirit' from carbon monoxide and liydrogen is
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Which of the following is a use of methanol?
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The alcohol manufactured from water gas is
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Methanol is used to denature _____
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Which of the following is not a use of methanol?
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The alcohol manufactured from water gas is
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Reaction,  ⏟ Water gas CO + H 2 + H 2 → Cr 2 O 3 - ZnO 673 K, 300 atm. ?
may be used for manufacture of 
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What are the uses of methanol?