1
Which of the following is correct?
- Cycloheptane is an aromatic compound.
- Diastase is an enzyme
- Acetophenone is an ether.
- All of these.
Answer
(2) Diastase is an enzyme
Solution
(1) Incorrect: cycloheptane is a saturated cycloalkane; it has no ring of delocalised π electrons, so it is not aromatic.
(2) Correct: diastase is an enzyme (present in malt) which hydrolyses starch to maltose.
(3) Incorrect: acetophenone, C6H5COCH3, is a ketone, not an ether.
Only statement (2) is correct, so (4) is also wrong.
Answer: (2)
AIPMT 2001