A group which deactivates the benzene ring towards
BENZENE NAME: ________ electrophilic substitution but which directs the incoming 1. Which one of these is not compatible with arenes? group principally to the o- and p-positions is (a)Greater stability (b)Delocalisation of π –electrons (a)–NH2 (b)–Cl (c)–NO2 (d)–C2H5 (c) Electrophilic additions (d)Resonance 19. (i) Chlorobenzene and (ii) benzene hexachloride are 2. The carbon-carbon bond length in benzene is obtained from benzene by the reaction of chlorine, in the (a)Same as in C2H4(b)In between C2H6 and C2H2(c)In presence of between C2H4 and C2H2(d)In between C2H6 and C2H4 (a)(i) Direct sunlight and (ii) anhydrous AlCl3 3. Which of the following types of reaction occur when a (b)(i) Sodium hydroxide and (ii) sulphuric acid reactant has got a double bond? (c)(i) Ultraviolet light and (ii) anhydrous FeCl3 (i)Addition(ii)Photolysis(iii)Nucleophilic substitution (d)(i) Anhydrous AlCl3 and (ii) direct sunlight (iv)Polymerization (a)(i) and (iv) (b)(i), (ii) and (iii) (c) 20. Point out the wrong statement in relation to the structure (iii) and (iv) (d)(ii) and (iii) of benzene: (a)It forms only one monosubstitution product 4. But–2–yne on chlorination gives: (b)The C-C bond distance in benzene is uniformly 1.397Å (a)1 –chlorobutane (b)1, 2 –dichlorobutane (c)It is a resonance hybrid of a number of canonical forms (c)1, 1, 2, 2 –tetrachlorobutane (d)It has three delocalised -molecular orbitals (d)2, 2, 3, 3 -tetrachlorobutane 21. Which of following statements is incorrect about benzene? 5. Calcium carbide when treated with water gives: (a) All of the carbon atoms are sp hybridized. (a)ethylene(b)methane(c)acetylene(d)ethane (b) It has delocalized electrons. 6. For the formation of toluene by Friedal Craft reaction, (c) The carbon-carbon bond lengths are all the same. reactants used in presence of anhydrous AlCl3 are (d) All twelve atoms lie in the same plane. (a)C2H2 and CCl4 (b)CH4 and CaCN2 22. Which of the following statements are false about benzene? (c)C6H6 and CH3Cl (d)C2H5 OH and Zn (a) It is a planar molecule with bond angles 120°. 7. Nitration of benzene by nitric acid and sulphuric acid is (b) It is soluble in water. (a)Electrophilic substitution(b)Electrophilic addition (c) It can be converted into cyclohexane by hydrogenation (c)Nucleophilic substitution(d)Free radical substitution at 200°C in the presence of Ni catalyst. 8. Which of the following reaction is shown by alkyne? (d) It reacts with ethyl chloride in the presence of (a)Addition(b)Substitution(c)Polymerization(d)All of these aluminum chloride to form ethylbenzene.(e) Both a and d 9. Which of the following statements are correct? 23. Which statement about structure of benzene is not true? (i) The rate of reactivity of alkanes with halogens is F2 > (a) The two Kekule structures of benzene are resonant structures. (b)The carbon-carbon bond lengths in benzene Cl2 > Br2 > I2. are greater than the carbon-carbon double bonds in (ii) Rate of replacement of hydrogens of alkanes is aliphatic compounds. (c) The molecular geometry of 3° > 2º > 1° benzene is best described as planar. (iii) Fluorination of alkanes is a very slow process. (d) The stability of benzene ring is much greater than the (iv) Iodination of alkanes is too violent to be controlled. (a) stability of 1,3,5- cycloheptatriene.(e) None of these (i), (ii) and (iii) (b) (i) and (ii) 24. The C–C bond length in benzene is (c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (i) and (iv) (a) greater than the C–C bond length in ethane. 10. 2-Bromobutane reacts alcoholic KOH to mainly give (b) shorter than the C–C bond length in ethylene. (a) 1-Butene (b) 2-Butene (c) 1-Butanol (d) 2-Butanol (c) Same as that of C–C bond length in ethylene. 11. The number of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary (d) intermediate between C–C bond length in ethane and carbons in neo-pentane are respectively C–C bond length in ethylene (a)4, 3, 2 and 1(b)5, 0, 0 and 1(c)4, 0, 0 and 1(d)4,0,1 and 1 12. The ratio of sigma to pi bonds in benzene is: (a)2 (b)3 (c)4 (d)8 13. When neo-pentyl bromide is subjected to Wurtz reaction,the product formed is: (a)2,2,4,4-tetramethylhexane(b)2,2,4,4-tetramethylpentane (c)2,2,5,5-tetramethylhexane(d)2,2,3,3-tetramethylhexane 14. The IUPAC name of the compound having the formula(CH3)3CCH = CH2 is: (a)3, 3, 3-trimethyl-1-propane(b)1, 1, 1-trimethyl-1-butene (c)3, 3-dimethyl-1-butene (d)1, 1-dimethyl-1, 3-butene 25. 15. CH2 = CHCl reacts with HCl to form (a)CH2ClCH2Cl 26. In a reaction of C6H5Y, the major product (> 60%) is (b)CH3CHCl2 (c)C2H4+Cl2 (d)None of these m-isomer, so the group Y is 16. Which reactions are most common in alkenes (a)–COOH (b)–NH2 (c)–OH (d)–Cl (a) Electrophilic substitution reactions 27. Which of the following will not undergo Friedel-Craft’s (b) Nucleophillic substitution reactions reaction readily? (c) Electrophilic addition reactions (a) Toluene (b) Xylene (c) Cumene (d) Nitrobenzene (d) Nucleophilic addition reactions 28. Find the reactants other than AlCl3 in Friedel-Craft’s 17. Benzene can be obtained by heating either benzoic acid alkylation(a) C6H6 +CH4 (b)C6H6 +NH3 (c)C6H6+CH3Cl with X or phenol with Y. X and Y are respectively. (a)Zinc dust and soda lime (b) Soda lime and zinc dust (d)C6H6 + CH3COCl (c) Zinc dust and sodium hydroxide (d)Soda lime and copper. SAHIR HEMNANI