Organic Oxidation & Reduction Reactions questions
697 published questions with worked solutions.
- When acetaldehyde is heated with Fehling's solution, it gives a red precipitate of:
- Ethane can be obtained from ethanal in one step by:
- Which compound is oxidised to prepare ethyl methyl ketone?
- The compound obtained by the reduction of propionaldehyde by Zn/Hg and conc. HCl is:
- A ketone on reduction gives:
- Stephen's reaction is the reduction of:
- Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using Zn–Hg + conc. HCl is called:
- Which is obtained by the oxidation of propionaldehyde?
- One mole of an organic compound requires 0.5 mole of oxygen to produce an acid. The compound may be:
- Isopropyl alcohol on passing over heated copper at 300 °C gives:
- Which one of the following compounds on treatment with LiAlH₄ will give a product that gives a positive iodoform test?
- In the reaction, (CH₃)₂C=O (SeO₂)→ P + Se + H₂O, P is:
- The reduction of aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alkanes in the presence of alkaline hydrazine solution is called:
- The main product of the reaction, (CH₃)₂C=O (Pt, H₂ catalyst)→ ?, is:
- Which of the following on oxidation gives an acid containing two carbon atoms?
- Which reduces a carboxylic acid directly to a primary alcohol?
- Oxidation product of 'X' (molecular formula C₃H₆O) is 'Y' (molecular formula C₃H₆O₂). The compound 'Y' is:
- Clemmensen reduction of a ketone is carried out in the presence of which of the following?
- Which on oxidation will not give a carboxylic acid with the same number of carbon atoms (without loss of a carbon)?
- Lactic acid on oxidation with Fenton's reagent gives the main product:
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