Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Which of the following is most acidic?
Options
Benzyl alcohol
Cyclohexanol
Phenol
m-Chlorophenol
Advertisements
Solution
m-Chlorophenol
Explanation:
m-chlorophenol is most acidic. Alpha carbon of benzyl alcohol and cyclohexanol is sp3 hybridized. In m-chlorophenol, it is sp2 hybridized. In m-chlorophenol, electron-withdrawing group \[\ce{-Cl}\] is present at meta position.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Write IUPAC name of the following compound:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3 - CH - CH - CH3}\\
|\phantom{......}|\phantom{..}\\
\ce{OH}\phantom{...}\ce{OH}\phantom{}
\end{array}\]
Write IUPAC name of the following compound:
How is phenol converted into the following?
benzoquinone
How do you convert the Ethanal to Propanone
What.will be the product fonned when chlorobenzene is heated with sodium metal in the presence of dry ether?
Write structural formulae for Cyclohex-2-en-1-ol.
Write IUPAC name of the following
Write IUPAC names of the following
Isopropyl alcohol on oxidation forms:
The major product formed by the reaction:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3CH-CH2Br ->[CH3O^-][CH3OH] is}\\
|\phantom{................}\\
\ce{CH3}\phantom{.............}
\end{array}\]
The heating of phenyl methyl ether with HI produces:
IUPAC name of the compound \[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3 - CH - OCH3}\\
\phantom{}|\phantom{....}\\
\phantom{}\ce{CH3}\phantom{..}
\end{array}\] is ______.
Which of the following reagents can be used to oxidise primary alcohols to aldehydes?
(i) \[\ce{CrO3}\] in anhydrous medium.
(ii) \[\ce{KMnO4}\] in acidic medium.
(iii) Pyridinium chlorochromate.
(iv) Heat in the presence of Cu at 573 K.
Explain why p-nitrophenol is more acidic than phenol.
Assertion: p-nitrophenol is more acidic than phenol.
Reason: Nitro group helps in the stabilisation of the phenoxide ion by dispersal of negative charge due to resonance.
Write a chemical reaction for the following conversion:
Acetic acid into ethyl alcohol.
Write structural formulae for:
Salicylic acid
Write IUPAC name of the following compound:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{...............}\ce{CH3}\\
\phantom{............}|\\
\ce{CH3 - CH - CH - C - CH3}\\
|\phantom{......}|\phantom{......}|\\
\phantom{...}\ce{CH3}\phantom{...}\ce{OH}\phantom{...}\ce{CH3}
\end{array}\]
Write IUPAC name of the following compound:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{................}\ce{CH3}\\
\phantom{.............}|\\
\ce{CH3 - CH - CH - C - CH3}\\
|\phantom{......}|\phantom{......}|\\
\phantom{...}\ce{CH3}\phantom{...}\ce{OH}\phantom{...}\ce{CH3}
\end{array}\]
