Chemistry Question Bank

Among the following compounds the one that is most reactive towards electrophilic nitration is (AIPMT 2014)

Methyl acetate will be obtained by reacting CH3OH with (Manipal 2014)

Write the IUPAC name of the following compounds. (MHCET 2014)

Identify the compound D in the above mentioned series of reactions. (MHCET 2014) (a) Carboxylic Acid and Its Derivatives (b) (c) (d) Ans. (b) Sol. The complete series of reaction can be represented as :

i NH NaOBr ii Δ C H COOH P -> -> i Conc.H SO ii Heat to460K Q R -> , R is (KCET 2014)

In the following reaction, LiAlH H O C H COOCH A B -> A and B are respectively (CPMT 2016)

The correct order of strengths of the carboxylic acids (NEET 2016) Is

Which of the following reagents is used to distinguish phenol and benzoic acid? (AIIMS 2017)

The product of acid hydrolysis of (P) and (Q) can be distinguished by (JIMPER 2017)

The reaction that does not give benzoic acid as the major product is (NEET 2019) (a) (b) (c) (d) Ans. (c) Sol. Primary aromatic alcohols on reaction with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) (a mid oxidising agent) forms a…

Consider the following acids : (i) F3C –– COOH, (ii) CH3COOH, (iii) C6H5COOH, (iv) CH3CH2COOH Correct order of pKa value is (AIIMS 2019)

Carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohols of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their (NEET 2020)

The increasing order of acidity of , and – chlorobutyric acids is

Which one of the following orders of acid strength is correct

Acetic acid is weak acid than sulphuric acid because

Which of the following para-substituted benzoic acids is the most acidic

In the anion HCOO– the two carbon-oxygen bonds are found to be of equal length. What is the reason for it.

What is the main reason for the fact that carboxylic acids can undergo ionization

Increasing value of the dissociation constant Ka of the given acids is of the order Carboxylic Acid and Its Derivatives

The reaction: RCOOAg + Br2 4 ,Reflux CCl -> R – Br + AgBr + CO2 is called

The principal organic product formed in the reaction ( ) Peroxide CH CH CH COOH HBr -> is:

Among the following, the acid which undergoes fastest decarboxylation is (a) (b)

Treatment of benzoic acid with Cl2/FeCl3 will give

Which of the following will not undergo Hell - volhard Zelinsky (HVZ) reaction ?

The elimination of CO2 from a carboxylic acid is known as