Organic Chemistry Answers

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?



(1) Methanol is a strong acid (2) 3-chloropropyl amine is a weaker base than methyl amine because of the electron withdrawing inductive effect of the chlorine atom (3) 2-bromoacetic acid is a weaker acid than acetic acid (4) Water is a stronger base than the hydroxide ion

The donation of electron density through sigma (σ) bonds of a molecule is called the:



(1) resonance effect (2) inductive effect (3) steric effect (4) nucleophilic effect

what is the resonance form of 1,3-hexadiene

. A certain hydrocarbon on complete combustion at s.t.p produced 89.6dm3 of CO2

and 54g of water. The hydrocarbon should be

Compare the relative acidities of ethanoic acid, propanoic acid, fluoroethanoic acid and iodoethanoic acid. Explain your answer giving appropriate answers.

The product of hydrolysis of but-2-new is_

Write the chemical equation and mechanism of pinacol-pinacolone

rearrangement

In normal reaction conditions, chlorobenzene does not react with NaOH, but 1-

chloro-4-nitrobenzene reacts with NaOH in these conditions. Explain.

Which one of the following would undergo faster SN2 reaction? Explain

CH3 – CH = CH – Cl or CH3CH2CH2 – Cl

Explain why Nitro group is meta-directing deactivator?