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Alcohols, Phenols and ethers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Monochlorination of toluene in sunlight followed by hydrolysis with aq. NaOH yields__________

a)

o-Cresol

b)

p-Cresol

c)

2, 4-Dihydroxytoluene

d)

Benzyl alcohol

2.

The order of ease of dehydration of primary,secondary and tertiary alcohols is_______________

a)

30 < 20 < 10

b)

20 < 10 < 30

c)

30 > 20 > 10

d)

20 < 30 < 10

3.

Which of the following set of reactants is appropriate for the preparation of t-butyl ethyl ether?

a)

t-butyl chloride and Sodium ethoxide.

b)

Sodium tertiary butoxide and Ethyl chloride

c)

Ethyl chloride and Butyl alcohol

d)

Butyl chloride and Ethyl alcohol

4.

Which of the following are not used to convert RCHO into RCH2OH?

a)

H2 /Pd

b)

LiAlH4

c)

NaBH4

d)

Reaction with RMgX followed by hydrolysis

5.

Which of the following name reactions produces salicyldehyde?

a)

Kolbe's reaction

b)

Rosenmund reduction

c)

Williamson's synthesis

d)

Reimer Tiemann reaction

6.

Choose the correct order of acidic strength.

a)

o-nitrophenol < o-cresol < phenol

b)

o-cresol < o-nitrophenol< phenol

c)

o-cresol < phenol < o-nitrophenol

d)

o-nitrophenol< phenolo < cresol

7.

Conversion of Salicylic acid to Aspirin is an example of ________

a)

Rearrangement reaction

b)

Esterification reaction

c)

Dehydration reaction

d)

Alkylation reaction

8.

What is the name of this product?

a)

1– propanol

b)

1– propene

c)

ethylene glycol

d)

3– propanol

e)

1,2,3 – propanetriol

9.

Which one of the following compounds is produced by the primary oxidation of butane-2-ol?

a)

Ethyl methyl ketone

b)

Dimethyl ketone

c)

2-butanol

d)

Butanoic acid

e)

Diethyl ketone

10.

What is the chemical test to distinguish class of alcohols (primary, secondary and tertiary alcohol)

a)

Baeyer's Test

b)

Tollens' Test

c)

Iodoform Test

d)

Lucas Test

11.

Why 2-butonal most soluble in water than 2-octanol. What is the key factor?

a)

Because of branching

b)

Because of molecular weight

c)

Because of surface area

d)

Because of hydrophobic areas

12.

Why alcohols have higher boiling point than alkanes?

a)

Alcohols have Van der Waal's forces between the molecules

b)

Alcohols have intermolecular Hydrogern bonding

c)

Alcohols exist as dimers.

d)

Alcohols have intramolecular Hydrogen bonding.

13.

The products obtained by reaction of Anisole with HI are __________

a)

Methanol and Iodobenzene

b)

Phenol and Iodomethane

c)

Phenol and Methanol

d)

Ethanol and Iodobenzene

14.

Which of the following compounds is to be reacted with Methanal followed by hydrolysis to give Phenymethanol.

a)

Methyl magnesium bromide

b)

Bromobenzene

c)

Phenol

d)

Phenyl magnesium bromide

15.

Phenols can be prepared from

a)

Cumene

b)

Benzenediazonium chloride

c)

From both Cumene and Diazonium chloride

d)

Cannot be prepared from the above

16.

Phenols undergo

a)

SN1 reaction

b)

SN2 reaction

c)

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

d)

None of the above

17.

Phenol is stronger acid than water and itself it is

a)

weakly acidic

b)

weakly basic

c)

alkali

d)

strong acid

18.

When ethyl alcohol is oxidized by two degrees, which one of the following products results?

a)

Acetaldehyde

b)

Oxy-propane

c)

Acetic acid

d)

Dimethyl ether

e)

Dimethyl ketone

19.

Dehydration of alcohol is an example of

a)

redox reaction

b)

elimination reaction

c)

substitution reaction

d)

addition reaction

20.

Phenol can be distinguished from ethanol by the following reagents except

a)

sodium

b)

NaOH/I2

c)

Neutral FeCl3

d)

Br2/H2O