Reactions of Alcohols
Reactions of Alcohols: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Chemical Properties of Alcohols,Reaction of Alcohols with Active Metals,Esterification Reaction of Alcohols etc.
Important Questions on Reactions of Alcohols
An organic compound A has the molecular formula . It gets hydrolysed with dilute sulphuric acid and gives a carboxylic acid B and an alcohol C. Oxidation of C with chromic acid also produced B. C on dehydration reaction gives D. Identify A, B, C and D?

Aldol reaction is used as one of the step for which of the following conversions :
(i) Ethanol to 3-hydroxybutanal
(ii) Benzaldehyde to Benzophenone

Acid catalyzed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formation of

The main product of the following reactions is

During dehydration of alcohols to alkenes by heating with concentrated the initiation step is –

The final product in the sequence of reactions is :

Which amongst the following will be most readily dehydrated under acidic conditions?


For the given reaction
The, total number of possible products formed by tertiary carbocation of is

In the reaction given below
is:

Product formed in the above reaction is:

The number of hyperconjugation structures involved to stabilize carbocation formed in the above reaction is __________.

In the following reaction, ‘’ is

Identify in the following reactions:
What happens when is preserved in the presence of air and light? Why is dry used as a medium in the preperation of Grignard reagent?

When ethyl alcohol is heated with red phosphorus and , then which of the following is formed.

What happens when ethanol reacts with ?

Give an equation of ethanol with acetic acid and what is the product formed in this reaction?

Identify all the products formed in the following reaction and indicate the major product.

The main product of the following reaction is

Which of the following alcohols is dehydrated most easily with ?
