Chemistry Question Bank

Alkali metal salts of carboxylic acids also undergo decarboxylation on electrolysis of their aqueous solutions and form hydrocarbons having twice the number of carbon atoms present in the alkyl group of the acid. The …

Which of the – COOH is lost during heating?

Aluminium chloride gets bonded to the carboxyl group. Identify ‘X’ and ‘Y’ for the above reaction. (a) (b) (c) (d) Ans. (d) Sol.

Select the incorrect match.

The product formed during Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction is (a) R CH COOH | X (b) R CH COX (c) X | R C COOH | X (d) R CH CH COOH | X

Diborane easily reduce the functional group such as

Direct attachment of groups such as phenyl or vinyl to the carboxylic acid, increases the acidity of corresponding carboxylic acid because

Acetyl chloride cannot be obtained by treating acetic acid with

An alkyl cyanide forms an amide when it is treated with

Two moles of acetic acid are heated with P2O5, The product formed is

Heating a mixture of ethyl alcohol and acetic acid in presence of conc. H2SO4 produces a fruity smelling compound. This reaction is called

Which reagent will bring about the conversion of carboxylic acids into esters

In esterification, OH ion for making H2O comes from:

The product D of the reaction is

Reagents I and II given in the reactions are:

Maximum keto-enol tautomerism is shown by

The decreasing order of reactivity of (i) CH3COCl (ii) CH3COOC2H5 (iii) CH3CONH2 (iv) (CH3CO)2O Towards nucleophilic acyl substitution is

H Pd/BaSO CH COCl CH CHO HCl; -> The above reaction is called

O O || || CH C Cl Nu CH C Nu Cl -> Reactivity order of different nucleophiles (NH2-, CH3COO-, OH-) is in order

Benzoyl chloride on treatment with ammonia gives

Acetic anhydride reacts with excess of ammonia to form

Which will not give acetamide on reaction with ammonia

Acetic anhydride is obtained from acetyl chloride by the reaction of

The reaction, H orOH RCOOR R OH excess RCOOR R OH -> is called

The reaction, CH3COOH + CH3OH → CH3COOCH3 + H2O is called