Organic Oxidation & Reduction Reactions questions
697 published questions with worked solutions.
- Glycerol, on oxidation with Fenton's reagent, produces
- In the sequence C_3H_8O K_2Cr_2O_7/H_2SO_4 C_3H_6O (X) I_2 + NaOH, warm CHI_3, the starting alcohol C_3H_8O is
- Under drastic conditions, all alcohols can be oxidised to carboxylic acids, but which of the following alcohols give a carboxylic...
- A compound X, with molecular formula C_3H_8O, can be oxidised to a compound Y with molecular formula C_3H_6O_2. X is most likely...
- In the given transformation, a ring-substituted enone (bearing a -CH=CH-COCH_3 side chain) is converted to the corresponding...
- Oxidation of allyl alcohol, CH_2=CH-CH_2OH, gives a mixture of oxalic acid and formic acid (from oxidative cleavage at the double...
- An alcohol on alkaline KMnO_4 oxidation gives first acetone, and on further oxidation gives acetic acid. It is
- To obtain unsaturated alcohols from unsaturated aldehydes, the reagent used for reduction is
- On reduction with LiAlH_4, a ketone yields
- Primary and secondary alcohols, on the action of (dehydrogenation over) reduced copper, give
- When ethyl alcohol vapours, mixed with air, are passed over heated platinised asbestos, the compound formed is
- Ethylene reacts with 1% cold alkaline KMnO_4 to give
- How many of the following alcohols can be oxidised to ketones using Jones reagent? (i) CH_3-CH_2-OH (ii) CH_3-CH(OH)-CH_2-CH_3...
- A cyclohexane ring bearing four hydroxyl groups is treated with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) and separately with acetic...
- CH_3-Br KCN A H_3O^+ B (i) LiAlH_4, ether (ii) H^+, H_2O C. The total number of carbon atoms present in the final product C is
- tert-Butyl alcohol (4 carbon atoms) is treated with KMnO_4/H_2SO_4 under drastic conditions to give X; X is treated again under...
- RCH_2OH CrO_3, H_2SO_4(aq) RCOOH (Z) + Cr^ X+ . What is the value of X?
- Which set of products is expected on reductive ozonolysis of the diolefin 3-methylpenta-1,3-diene, CH₂=CH–C(CH₃)=CH–CH₃?
- The best reagent to convert pent-3-en-2-ol into pent-3-en-2-one is
- The catalyst used in Rosenmund reaction is
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