Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids questions
1139 published questions with worked solutions.
- Sodium salt of formic acid, on strong heating followed by acid hydrolysis, yields:
- Acetyl chloride is reduced to acetaldehyde by:
- Oxalic acid may be distinguished from tartaric acid by:
- Malonic acid and succinic acid are distinguished by:
- Which of the following will NOT give acetamide (without heating) on reaction with ammonia?
- The conversion of CH₃OH to CH₃COOH can be brought about by:
- Acetic acid warmed with hydrazoic acid in the presence of conc. H₂SO₄ gives:
- Which acid gives a wine-red colour with neutral FeCl₃?
- Mild oxidation of carboxylic acids occurs at the ....... position.
- The products of acid hydrolysis of the esters P and Q (epimeric acetate esters of a cyclic/branched alcohol, one releasing an...
- Rate of the reaction, R–C(=O)–Z + Nu⁻ → R–C(=O)–Nu + Z⁻, is fastest when Z is:
- The correct order of decreasing boiling points of CH₃CONH₂ (A), CH₃COCl (B), CH₃COOH (C) and (CH₃CO)₂O (D) is:
- The —COOH group of a compound does not react with NaHSO₃, even though it has a >C=O group, because of:
- The reaction of a carboxylic acid with NaHCO₃ gives effervescence of CO₂. The CO₂ comes from:
- Which of the following is a hydroxy acid?
- Identify the total number of compounds from the given set (toluene, propylbenzene, cumene, a cyclic alkene, and two further...
- How many of the following compounds will NOT reduce Fehling's solution? HCHO, C₆H₅COCH₃, C₆H₅COC₆H₅, (CH₃)₃C–CHO, C₆H₅CHO,...
- Amongst the following (ten structures, comprising several simple aliphatic aldehydes, formic acid, benzaldehyde, and several...
- How many isomeric carboxylic acids having the formula C₅H₁₀O₂ will give the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction? (Excluding...
- How many of the following acids will show higher reactivity towards esterification as compared to acetic acid? (three...
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