EASY
12th CBSE
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Earn 100

Show how will you synthesise Pentan-1-ol using a suitable alkyl halide?

Important Questions on Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

HARD
12th CBSE
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Give two reactions that show the acidic nature of phenol. Compare acidity of phenol with that of ethanol.
MEDIUM
12th CBSE
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Explain why is ortho nitrophenol more acidic than ortho methoxyphenol ?
EASY
12th CBSE
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Explain how does the OH group attached to a carbon of benzene ring activate it towards electrophilic substitution?
MEDIUM
12th CBSE
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Give equations of the following reaction:
Oxidation of propan-1-ol with alkaline KMnO4 solution.
 
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12th CBSE
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Give equations of the following reaction :

 Bromine in CS2 with phenol.

EASY
12th CBSE
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Give equation of the following reaction:

Dilute HNO3 with phenol.

MEDIUM
12th CBSE
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Give equation of the following reaction:

Treating phenol with chloroform in presence of aqueous NaOH.

HARD
12th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Explain the following with an example.
Kolbe’s reaction.