ASSIGNMENT UNIT 7 : ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS

One mark questions

1.What is the main product obtained when vapours of t-butyl alcohol is passed over copper at 573K?
2. What is usually added to ethyl alcohol to make it unfit for drinking purposes?
3. Phenol has smaller dipole moment than methanol. Why?
4. Name the products obtained when anisole is treated with HI.
5. Write the equation for the preparation of phenol from cumene.
Two marks questions
6. Explain the following:
a) Alcohols are more soluble in water than the hydrocarbons of comparable molecular masses
b) Ortho-nitrophenol is more acidic than ortho- methoxy phenol.

7.(i) Give structure and IUPAC name of the compound when butanone reacts with ethylmagnesium
chloride followed by hydrolysis.

(ii)Give structure and IUPAC name of the compound when C6H5- CH=CH CH2OH reacts with
PCC

8. Give a chemical test (write chemical equation) to distinguish between the following pairs of
compounds:
a) Ehanol and Phenol
b) Pentan-2-ol and Pentan-3-ol
Three marks questions
9. How do you convert the following?
a) Phenol to anisole
b) Propan-2-ol to 2-Methylpropan-2-ol
c) Aniline to Phenol
10. a) Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol.
b) Explain the mechanism of the dehydration steps of Ethanol at 443K