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BENZENE AND HALOALKANES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

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1.

Which of the following statements about benzene is true?

a)

Six 2p orbitals overlap to form three delocalized л bonds.

b)

All carbon atoms are sp-hybridised.

c)

Benzene undergoes addition reaction.

d)

Molecular formula of benzene is C6H5.

2.
a)

Friedel-Crafts acylation

b)

Hoffman’s Degradation

c)

Coupling reaction

d)

Friedel-Crafts alkylation

3.

Which of the following compounds does not decolourise reddish brown of bromine with the present of ultraviolet light?

a)

Toluene

b)

Benzene

c)

Cyclohexene

d)

1,2-dimethylbenzene

4.
a)

Phenol

b)

Nitrobenzene

c)

Methylbenzene

d)

Phenylmethanol

5.

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

The main reaction of haloakanes is

a)

Free radical substitution

b)

Electrophilic substitution

c)

Condensation

d)

Nucleophilic substitution

7.

Iodoethane reacts with hydroxide ion, through SN2 mechanism. What is the effects by doubling the concentration of OH- and decreasing the concentration of iodoethane by factor of 2?

a)

The rate of reaction is doubled

b)

The rate of reaction remain the same

c)

The rate of reaction is quadrupled

d)

The rate of reaction decrease by factor of 2

8.

Which one of the following would you expect to have the highest boiling point?

a)

CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH3

b)

CH3CH2CH2CH2Cl

c)

CH3CH2CH2CH2OH

d)

CH3CH2-O-CH2CH3

9.

Haloalkanes can be synthesis directly from

a)

Alcohols

b)

Amines

c)

Benzene

d)

Aldehydes

10.

Which of the following methods can be used to make alcohols?

i. Electrophilic addition of water to an alkene in the presence of an acid catalyst

ii. Boiling a haloalkane with aqueous sodium hydroxide under reflux

iii. Passing carbon dioxide through a solution of a Grignard reagent

a)

i only

b)

i and ii

c)

ii and iii

d)

i, ii and iii