Kendriya Vidyalaya No.

4 AFS Maharajpur Gwalior

Holiday Home work (Chemistry)

ALDEHYDE,KETONE AND CARBOXYLIC ACIDS

1. (i)Give reasons : 3+2

(a) HCHO is more reactive than CH3-CHO towards addition of HCN.
(b) pKa of O2N–CH2–COOH is lower than that of CH3–COOH.
(c) Alpha hydrogen of aldehydes & ketones is acidic in nature.
(ii) Give simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of
compounds :
(a) Ethanal and Propanal
(b) Pentan-2-one and Pentan-3-one
2 Write the equations for the following chemical reactions: 1X5
(a)Acetylation of benzaldehyde (ii) Cannizzaro reaction
(iii) Cross –Aldol condensation (iv) Decarboxylation
(v)Hell Volhard Zelinsky reaction
3 (a) Write the main product A and B in each of the following reactions: 2X2
𝐶𝐻3𝑀𝑔𝐵𝑟/𝐻+ 𝐿𝑖𝐴𝑙𝐻4 +
(i) CH3-CH2-CN →A →B
𝐶𝑟𝑂3/(𝐶𝐻3𝐶𝑂)2𝑂 𝐻2𝑁−𝑁𝐻2
(ii) C6H5-CH3 →A →B
𝐻+
(b) Write the IUPAC name of the following
CH3-CH2-CH=CH-CHO 1
4 (a) Write the equations involving in the following reactions – 3
(i)Wolf – Kishner reduction
(ii) Etard reaction
(iii) Stephen reduction
(b) Account for the following :
2
(i)Aromatic carboxylic acids do not undergo Friedel – Craft’s reaction.
(ii)pKa value of 4-nitrobenzoic acid is lower than that of benzoic acid.
5 (a)Write the chemical equations for the following reactions: 3
(i)Propanone is treated with dil.Ba(OH)2
(ii)Acetophenone is treated with Zn(Hg)/Conc.HCl
(iii)Benzoyl chloride is hydrogenated in presence of Pd/BaSO4
(b)Write the product of the following reactions –
𝐴𝑛ℎ𝑦.𝐴𝑙𝐶𝑙3
(i) C6H6 + C6H5COCl →
𝐶𝑆2
𝑁𝐻3/𝛥
(ii)CH3COOH →