Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Alcohols Phenols and Ethers NCERT Solutions | Alcohols are comparatively more soluble

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.

Draw figure to show the splitting of d orbitals in an octahedral crystal field.

The value of Δ_fG^ø for formation of Cr₂O₃ is - 540 kJmol^-1 and that of Al₂ O₃ is - 827 kJmol^-1. Is the reduction of Cr₂O₃ possible with Al?

How many lattice points are there in one unit cell of each of the following lattice?

(i) Face-centred cubic

(ii) Face-centred tetragonal

(iii) Body-centred

Compare the stability of +2 oxidation state for the elements of the first transition series.

The time required for 10% completion of a first order reaction at 298 K is equal to that required for its 25% completion at 308 K. If the value of A is 4 x 10¹⁰ s^-1. Calculate k at 318 K and E_a.

What happens when H₃PO₃ is heated?

Why do we need to classify drugs in different ways?

Name a substance which can be used as an antiseptic as well as disinfectant.

While antacids and anti allergic drugs interfere with the function of histamines, why do these not interfere with the function of each other ?

The conductivity of 0.20 M solution of KCl at 298 K is 0.0248 Scm^-1. Calculate its molar conductivity.