Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids · Question 50

Predict the products in the given reaction. [figure]

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Acetone is treated with excess of ethanol in the presence of hydrochloric acid. The product obtained is

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The order of reactivity of phenyl magnesium bromide (PhMgBr) with the following compounds: [figure]

1. III > II > I
2. II > I > III
3. I > III > II
4. I > II > III

Clemmensen reduction of a ketone is carried out in the presence of which of the following?

1. Glycol with KOH
2. Zn-Hg with HCl
3. LiAlH4
4. H2 and Pt as catalyst

Following compounds are given (i) CH3CH2OH (ii) CH3COCH3 (iii) CH3- CH3 |CHOH (iv) CH3OH Which of the above compound(s), on being warmed with iodine solution and NaOH, will give iodoform?

1. (i), (iii) and (iv)
2. Only (ii)
3. (i), (ii) and (iii)
4. (i) and (ii)

Which one of the following compounds will be most readily dehydrated?

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In a set of reactions, ethylbenzene yielded a product D. [figure] D would be

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Which of the following reactions will not result in the formation of carbon-carbon bonds?

1. Reimer-Tiemann reaction
2. Cannizzaro reaction
3. Wurtz reaction
4. Friedel-Crafts acylation

Among the given compounds, the most susceptible to nucleophilic attack at the carbonyl group is

1. CH3COOCH3
2. CH3CONH2
3. CH3COOCOCH3
4. CH3COCl

Propionic acid with Br2/P yields a dibromo product. Its structure would be

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2. CH2(Br)-CH2-COBr
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4. CH2(Br)-CH(Br)-COOH