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*PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SERIES 2)*

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

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1.

Which are the correct order of increasing acidity for the following compound?


Water, Ethanol, Phenol

a)

Water < Ethanol < Phenol

b)

Phenol < Ethanol < Water

c)

Ethanol < Water < Phenol

d)

Water < Phenol < Ethanol

2.

Which carboxylic acid is most acidic?

a)

CH3CH2CH2COOH

b)

CH3CH2CH(Cl)COOH

c)

CH3CH(Cl)CH2COOH

d)

ClCH2CH2CH2COOH

3.

In acidicity, phenol release proton to water produce:

a)

Carboxylate ion

b)

Phenoxide ion

c)

Alkoxide ion

d)

Phenolate ion

4.

Choose INCORRECT statement why phenol is more acidic than ethanol

a)

negative charge of ethoxide ion is localised on oxygen atom

b)

phenoxide ion is stable than ethoxide ion

c)

Present of electron donating group of phenol

d)

Negative charge of phenoxide ion can be delocalised into benzene ring

5.

Which of the following compound is expected to be most basic?

a)

Aniline

b)

Ammonia

c)

p-nitroaniline

d)

Ethylamine

6.

By the presence of a halogen atom in the chain, what is the effect of this on acidic properties of butanoic acid?

a)

Increased

b)

Decreased

c)

Unchanged

d)

Doubled

7.

The correct order of increasing basic strength is

a)

Aniline < p-nitroaniline < NH3 < CH3NH2

b)

Aniline < p-nitroaniline < CH3NH2 < NH3

c)

p-nitroaniline < aniline < NH3 < CH3NH2

d)

p-nitroaniline < aniline < CH3NH2 < NH3

8.

Which of the following lists the compounds in increasing order of acidity?


S: C6H5OH

T: CH3CH2OH

U: CH3COOH

V: CH2ClCOOH

a)

S < T < U < V

b)

T < S < U < V

c)

S < T < V < U

d)

T < S < V < U

9.

Which of the following shows the correct order of increasing basic strength?


X: C6H5NH2

Y: CH3CH2NH2

Z: CH3CH2NHCH3

a)

X < Y < Z

b)

X < Z < Y

c)

Y < X < Z

d)

Z < Y < X

10.

The pKa of methanoic acid and ethanoic acid are 3.74 and 4.74 respectively. This means that;

a)

Methanoic acid is stronger acid than ethanoic acid

b)

Methanoic acid is weaker acid than ethanoic acid

c)

Ethanoate ion is a weaker conjugate base than methanoate ion

d)

Degree of dissociation of methanoic acid is lower than ethanoic acid

11.

When an acid reacts with a metal, which one of the following gas is usually liberated?

a)

Ammonia gas

b)

Chlorine gas

c)

Oxygen gas

d)

Hydrogen gas

12.

The molecular formulae of three organic compounds are given below.


P: CH3COOH

Q: HCOOH

R: ClCH2COOH


Which arrangement is a correct order of increasing acidic strength?

a)

P < Q < R

b)

P < R < Q

c)

R < P < Q

d)

Q < R < P

13.

Which of the following statement is true about methanamine?

a)

methanamine is slightly acidic

b)

methanamine is less basic than NH3

c)

methanamine is stronger base than NH3

d)

methanamine forms salts with alkali

14.

Which of the following has the highest value of dissociation Ka

a)

CH3CH2COOH

b)

CH3CHClCOOH

c)

ClCH2CH2COOH

d)

CH3CCl2COOH

15.

Which of the following is the correct order of decreasing acidity?


J: FCH2COOH

K: CH3COOH

L: F2CHCOOH

M: ClCH2COOH

a)

J < K < L < M

b)

K < M < J < L

c)

L < M < J < K

d)

M < K< J < L

16.

Which pair of organic compound FALSE with their stable ion

a)

phenol - phenoxide ion

b)

alcohol - alkoxide ion

c)

carboxylic acid - carboxylate ion

d)

benzoic acid - benzic ion

17.

Which of the compound more acidic?

a)

butanol

b)

ethanoic acid

c)

phenol

d)

cyclohexanol

18.

Why phenol more acidic than aliphatic alcohols? Give the reasons.

a)

Factor of inductive effect

b)

Factor of resonance effect

c)

Factor of electron withdrawing group (EWG)

d)

Factor of electron donating group (EDG)

19.

Why N,N-dimethylethanamine more basic than 1-butanamine?

a)

the present of resonance effect

b)

the present of more electron withdrawing group (EWG)

c)

the present of more electron donating group (EDG)

d)

the present of Nitrogen effect

20.

Which of the group, electron withdrawing group (EWG)?

a)

nitro group (-NO2)

b)

alkyl group (-R )

c)

halogen group (-Cl2/ -Br2/ -F2/ -I2)

d)

Hyroxyl group (-OH)