This document contains a chemistry worksheet for grade 12 students with questions about alcohols, phenols, and ethers. The questions cover identifying compound structures from reactions, writing reaction mechanisms, performing multi-step conversions between related compounds, distinguishing between functional groups, explaining acidity trends, and predicting products of reactions involving substitution, addition, oxidation, and acid-base reactions.
This document contains a chemistry worksheet for grade 12 students with questions about alcohols, phenols, and ethers. The questions cover identifying compound structures from reactions, writing reaction mechanisms, performing multi-step conversions between related compounds, distinguishing between functional groups, explaining acidity trends, and predicting products of reactions involving substitution, addition, oxidation, and acid-base reactions.
This document contains a chemistry worksheet for grade 12 students with questions about alcohols, phenols, and ethers. The questions cover identifying compound structures from reactions, writing reaction mechanisms, performing multi-step conversions between related compounds, distinguishing between functional groups, explaining acidity trends, and predicting products of reactions involving substitution, addition, oxidation, and acid-base reactions.
Worksheet No.1, from Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers. Date: 28/03/2023 Submission Date: 02/04/2023 Answer the following questions:- 1. A compound A having molecular formula, C4H10O, is found to be soluble in concentrated sulphuric acid. It does not react with sodium metal or potassium permanganate. On heating with excess of HI, it gives a single alkyl halide. Deduce the structure of the compound A and explain all the reactions.
2. Write the mechanism of the reaction CH3CH20H HBr CH3CH2Br + H2O
3. Do the following conversions:-
(i) Phenol to benzyl alcohol (iii). Phenol to m-bromophenol (iv). Phenol to aspirin (ii) Phenol to benzoic acid 4. Distinguish between:- (i) Ethanol and phenol (ii). Propan-2-ol and 2-methylpropan-2-ol
5. Explain why o-nitrophenol is more acidic than o-methoxyphenol.
6. Arrange the following compounds in the decreasing order of acidity:-