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Published on: 08/10/2019
Alcohols , Phenols and Ethers
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1.
A teacher ordered ethanol for laboratory. She preferred denatured alcohol over absolute alcohol.
(i) Give reason for the decision taken by the teacher.
(ii) What value was kept in mind while taking the decision?
2.
Mohan heard a lot of noise and weeping in nearby jhuggis he look courage and went to enquire what had happened. He found that some people has taken spurious alcohol containing methanol and were crying with pain and were complaining of loss of eyesight. He immediately hired an auto rickshaw and packed it with 4 persons who has consumed spurious alcohol.
(i) How does methanol in drinking alcohol cause problem?
(ii) What treatment might the doctors have undertaken to save the patients?
(iii) What message would you give to the person who consumed spurious alcohol?
3.
Miss Usha was asked to synthesize alcohol by acidic hydration of l-butene. She was unaware of the fact that the vessel she used had some coating of a metal, and in addition to alcohol, compound X was I isolated X forms bisulphate compound as well as 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazone. Separation of alcohol could be made by physical as well as by chemical methods.
(i) How are alcohol and Xformed?
(ii) Can alcohol and Xgive iodoform test?
(iii) Give different methods of separation?
(iv) What value did Miss. Usha lack?
4.
Gasoline is being used worldwide for running automobile, aeroplane etc. Due to the presence of nitrogen and sulphuric compounds in gasoline, the exhaust gases contain oxides of nitrogen and sulphur which are major pollutants in the environment in contrast, ethanol is a much cleaner fuel because it produces only CO2 and Hp. Now answer the following questions:
(a) Besides being a cleaner fuel, what are the other advantages of using ethanol as a fuel in automobile?
(b) What are the disadvantages of using ethanol as a fuel? What are the value associated with its use?
5.
An organic compound (A) with molecular formula C6H6O gives a characteristic colour with aqueous FeCl3 solution. When (A) is treated with CO2 and NaOH at 410K under pressure, it gives compound (B) which upon acidification gives compound (C). Compound (C) reacts with acetyl chloride to give (D) which is a popular pain killer, Deduce the structures of (A), (B), (C) and (D) and explain all the reactions involved.
6.
An organic compound (A) on treatment with CHCl3 and KOH gives two compounds B and C.Both B and C give the same product (D) when distilled with zinc dust.Oxidation of D gives E having molecular formula C7H6O2.The sodium salt of E on heating with soda-lime gives F which may also be obtained by distilling A with zinc dust.Identify A to F
7.
A compound A (C4H10O) is found to be soluble in concentrated sulphuric acid. (A) does not react with sodium metal or potassium permanganate. When (A) is heated with excess of HI, it gives a single alkyl halide. Deduce the structure of compound (A) and explain all the reactions involved.
8.
Although both allyl alcohol and 1-propanol are primary alcohols,they can still be distinguished by Lucas reagent. Explain how?
9.
PCl5 reacts with ethanol to form chloromethane. However, with phenol, it does not give chlorobenzene but gives triphenylphosphate. Explain.
10.
Explain why alcohols do not react with NaBr but H2SO4 is added they form alkyl bromides.
1.
(i) Teacher preferred denatured alcohol over absolute alcohol as it would be unfit for drinking. As commercial alcohol is mixed with copper sulphate to give it a colour and pyridine to give a foul smell, which makes absolute alcohol unfit for drinking and called as denatured alcohol.
(ii) As the teacher was ordering ethanol for school laboratory, maintaining discipline, repsonsible behaviour and social obligation were values kept in her mind, while taking decision.
2.
(i) Methyl alcohol is easily oxidized to formaldehyde and then to formic acid which may cause blindness and death.
(ii) Doctors give an intra venous infusion of diluted ethanol the enzyme responsible for oxidation of HCHO to acid is swamped allowing time for kidneys to excrete methanol.
(iii) People should be educated not to drink cheap alcohol from unauthorized sources. It is not worth saving money when the life get endangered. If at all one has to drink, the stuff must be purchased from an authorized source.
3.
(i) \({ CH }_{ 3 }-{ CH }_{ 2 }-CH={ CH }_{ 2 }+{ H }_{ 2 }O\overset { { H }^{ + } }{ \longrightarrow } { CH }_{ 3 }{ CH }_{ 2 }(OH){ CH }_{ 3 }\)
Since X forms bisulphate and 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, it means Xhas carbonyl group formed due to oxidation of alcohol. This oxidation is due to coating of metal (Cu).
\({ CH }_{ 3 }{ CH }_{ 2 }(OH){ CH }_{ 3 }\longrightarrow { CH }_{ 3 }{ CH }_{ 2 }CO{ CH }_{ 3 }(ketone/X)+{ H }_{ 2 }I\)
(ii) Alcohol and X both give iodoform test.
(iii) Alcohol and X can be separated by
(a) Distillation
(b) BisulpIilte formation only (X) forms Bisulphite complex (s) which can be decomposed.
(iv) Usha lacks critical awareness of chemistry.
4.
(a) The main advantages are:
(i) It is made from renewable energy sources i.e., sugarcane and com which are grown in the field.
(ii) It has higher octane rating.
(iii) Due to the presence of oxygen in ethanol, poisonous gases like CO and unburnt hydrocarbon are emitted to a lesser extent.
(iv) Less dependence on imported oils thereby promoting the economy of our country.
(b) The main disadvantages are :
(i) It has one-third the energy content than the gasoline. Thus drivers will need more ethanol than gasoline to drive the same distance.
(ii) Ethanol can absorb water and dust more easily and hence corrodes engine made up of Al.
(iii) It produces cancer causing emissions such as acetaldehyde and formaldehyde forty times more than gasoline. Social awareness, Social awareness, eco-friendiness are the values associated with the use of ethanol as fuel.
5.
(i) Since compound (A) with M.F. C6H6O gives characteristic colour with FeCI3, therefore, (A) must be phenol.
(ii) Since compound (A), i.e., phenol reacts with CO2 and NaOR under pressure (i.e., Kolbe's reaction) to give compound (B) which on acidification gives compound (C), therefore, (B) must be sodium salicylate and (C) must be salicylic acid.
(iii) Since (C) reacts with acetyl chloride to form a popular pain killer (D), therefore, (D) must be aspirin.
6.
(i) Since compound (A) on treatment with CHCI3 and KOH (i.e., Reimer-Tiemann reaction), gives two products Band C, therefore, A must be phenol and Band C must be o-hydroxybenzaldehyde and P: hydroxybenzaldehyde respectively or vice-versa.
(ii) Since both Band C on distillation with Zn dust give the same compound (D), therefore, D must be benzaldehyde.
(iii) Since oxidation of D gives E with M.F. C7R602, therefore, E must be benzoic acid.
(iv) Since sodium salt of E, i.e.benzoic acid upon heating with soda-lime gives compound (F), therefore.
(F) must be benzene. Zn dust distillation of A would also give benzene (F).
7.
(i) Since compound A (C4H10O) does not react with Na metal or KMnO4, it cannot be an alcohol.
(ii) Since compound A dissolves in cone, H2SO4, it may be an ether.
(iii) Since ether A on heating with excess of HI gives a single alkyl halide, therefore, ether (A) must be symmetrical. Now the only symmetrical ether having M.F. C4HIOO is diethyl ether (CH3CH2OCH2CH3).
8.
The allyl carbocation is resonance stabilized and hence is as stable as a 30 carbocation
Therefore, on treatment with Lucas reagent, allyl alcohol gives white turbidity in less than 1 min.l-Propanol, on the other hand, does not react with Lucas reagent.
9.
To begin with both ethanol and phenol react with PCI5 to give the corresponding chlorophosphate esters.
Since in ethanol, C-O bond has only single bond character, therefore, nucleophilic attack by Cl- ion occurs easily on chlorophosphate ester (I) to give chloroethane. However, in case of phenol, C-O bond has some double bond character due to resonance and hence difficult to break. Instead nucleophilic attack by C6H5OH occurs twice on the chlorophosphate ester (II) to form intermediate (III). Further, nucleophilic attack by C6H5OH on III does not occur due to steric hindrance. Instead (III) undergoes hydrolysis by water to form triphenylphosphate.
10.
OH- being a strong base is a bad leaving group. When H2SO4 is added, protonation of alcohol occurs i.e -OH is converted into \(-\stackrel{+}{\mathrm{O}} \mathrm{H}_{2}\)
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