Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Alcohols Phenols and Ethers NCERT Solutions | Write structures of the compounds whose

Explain the following with an example.

(i) Kolbe's reaction.

(ii) Reimer-Tiemann reaction.

(iii) Williamson ether synthesis.

(iv) Unsymmetrical ether.

How are the following conversions carried out?

(i) Propene → Propan-2-ol

(ii) Benzyl chloride → Benzyl alcohol

(iii) Ethyl magnesium chloride → Propan-1-ol.

(iv) Methyl magnesium bromide → 2-Methylpropan-2-ol.

Write the mechanism of acid-catalysed dehydration of ethanol to yield ethene.

Give the equations of reactions for the preparation of phenol from cumene.

Write equations of the following reactions:

(i) Friedel-Crafts reaction-alkylation of anisole.

(ii) Nitration of anisole.

(iii) Bromination of anisole in ethanoic acid medium.

(iv) Friedel-Craft's acetylation of anisole.

Explain why is ortho nitrophenol more acidic than ortho methoxyphenol?

Show how are the following alcohols prepared by the reaction of a suitable

Grignard reagent on methanal?

(i)

(ii)

Give two reactions that show the acidic nature of phenol. Compare acidity of phenol with that of ethanol.

Write the reactions of Williamson synthesis of 2-ethoxy-3-methylpentane starting from ethanol and 3-methylpentan-2-ol.

What is meant by hydroboration-oxidation reaction? Illustrate it with an example.

For the reaction R → P, the concentration of a reactant changes from 0.03 M to 0.02 M in 25 minutes. Calculate the average rate of reaction using units of time both in minutes and seconds.

Write the formulas for the following coordination compounds:

(i) Tetraamminediaquacobalt (III) chloride

(ii) Potassium tetracyanonickelate(II)

(iii) Tris(ethane-1,2-diamine) chromium(III) chloride

(iv) Amminebromidochloridonitrito-N-platinate(II)

(v) Dichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)platinum(IV) nitrate

(vi) Iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II)

(i) Write structures of different isomeric amines corresponding to the molecular formula, C4H11N

(ii) Write IUPAC names of all the isomers.

(iii) What type of isomerism is exhibited by different pairs of amines?

Why are solids rigid?

Write any two characteristics of Chemisorption.

Write the structures of the following compounds.

(i) α-Methoxypropionaldehyde

(ii) 3-Hydroxybutanal

(iii) 2-Hydroxycyclopentane carbaldehyde

(iv) 4-Oxopentanal

(v) Di-sec-butyl ketone

(vi) 4-Fluoroacetophenone

Which of the ores mentioned in Table 6.1 can be concentrated by magnetic separation method?

Why are pentahalides more covalent than trihalides?

Silver atom has completely filled d orbitals (4d10) in its ground state. How can you say that it is a transition element?

Glucose or sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or benzene (simple six membered ring compounds) are insoluble in water. Explain.

Indicate the types of isomerism exhibited by the following complexes and draw the structures for these isomers:

(i) K[Cr(H₂O)₂(C₂O₄)₂

(ii) [Co(en)₃]Cl₃

(iii) [Co(NH₃)₅(NO₂)](NO₃)₂

(iv) [Pt(NH₃)(H₂O)Cl₂]

What are micelles? Give an example of a micellers system.

What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?

Arrange the following in the order of property indicated for each set:

(i) F₂, Cl₂, Br₂, I₂- increasing bond dissociation enthalpy.

(ii) HF, HCl, HBr, HI - increasing acid strength.

(iii) NH₃, PH₃, AsH₃, SbH₃, BiH₃- increasing base strength.

Write short notes on the following:

(i) Carbylamine reaction (ii) Diazotisation

(iii) Hofmann's bromamide reaction (iv) Coupling reaction

(v) Ammonolysis (vi) Acetylation

(vii) Gabriel phthalimide synthesis.

How can you prepare Cl₂ from HCl and HCl from Cl₂? Write reactions only.

The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of SO₂Cl₂at a constant volume.

SO₂Cl₂₍g)  →  SO₂₍g) + Cl₂(g)

Calculate the rate of the reaction when total pressure is 0.65 atm.

Classify the following as amorphous or crystalline solids:
Polyurethane, naphthalene, benzoic acid, teflon, potassium nitrate, cellophane, polyvinyl chloride, fibre glass, copper.

Why does NH₃ form hydrogen bond but PH₃ does not?

Conductivity of 0.00241 M acetic acid is 7.896 × 10 ^{- 5} S cm ^{- 1}. Calculate its molar conductivity and if A_m^º for acetic acid is 390.5 S cm² mol ^{- 1}, what is its dissociation constant?