Chemical Reactions of Alcohols and Phenols - Reactions Involving Cleavage of O–H Bond

Write the equation involved in the acetylation of Salicylic acid.

Give reasons for the following:

o-nitrophenol is more acidic than o-methoxyphenol.

Show how will you synthesize cyclohexylmethanol using an alkyl halide by an S_N2 reaction.

Give two reactions that show the acidic nature of phenol. Compare acidity of phenol with that of ethanol.

Explain the fact that in aryl alkyl ethers 

(i) The alkoxy group activates the benzene ring towards electrophilic substitution and

(ii) It directs the incoming substituents to ortho and para positions in benzene ring.

Name the reagents used in the following reactions: Butan-2-one to butan-2-ol.

Show how will you synthesize pentan-1-ol using a suitable alkyl halide?

Give structures of the products you would expect when each of the following alcohol reacts with SOCl₂.

(i) Butan-1-ol

(ii) 2-Methylbutan-2-ol