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Alcohols Set 3

Sodium metal can dry diethyl ether due to its ability to react with water, while ethyl alcohol contains an -OH group that reacts with sodium. Denatured alcohol is ethanol that has been mixed with additives to make it undrinkable. The document poses various organic chemistry questions related to acid strength, reactivity, and specific reactions involving alcohols and phenols.

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Alcohols Set 3

Sodium metal can dry diethyl ether due to its ability to react with water, while ethyl alcohol contains an -OH group that reacts with sodium. Denatured alcohol is ethanol that has been mixed with additives to make it undrinkable. The document poses various organic chemistry questions related to acid strength, reactivity, and specific reactions involving alcohols and phenols.

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1. Explain why sodium metal can be used for drying diethyl ether but not ethyl alcohol.

2. What is denatured alcohol?


3. Suggest a reagent for the following conversion:

4. Suggest a reagent for conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid.


5. Phenol is an acid but does not react with sodium bicarbonate solution. Why?
6. Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their acid strengths: 4-
nitrophenol, phenol, 2,4,6-trinitrophenol
7. o-Nitrophenol has lower boiling point than p-nitrophenol. Explain.
8. Arrange: water, ethanol and phenol in increasing order of acidity and give reason for your
answer.
9. Among HI, HBr, HCl, HI is most reactive towards alcohols. Why?
10. Of the two alcohols; (a) CH2—CH—CH2OH and (b) CH2—CH—CH2—CH2OH, which one will
react more easily with conc. HCl in the presence of ZnCl2?
11. Phenol does not react with NaHCO3 whereas carboxylic acids react
12. Phenol is more easily nitrated than benzene.
13. Dipole moment of phenol is smaller that of methanol. Why?
14. In Kolbe’s reaction, instead of phenol, phenoxide ion is treated with carbon dioxide. Why?
15. An organic compound ‘A’ having molecular formula C3H6 on treatment with aqueous H2SO4
gives ‘B’ which on treatment with HCl/ZnCl2 gives ‘C’. The compound C on treatment with
ethanolic KOH gives back the compound ‘A’. Identify the compounds A, B, C.

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