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MCQOPTIONS
| 1. |
Which of the following statement is not true about preparation of alcohol? |
| A. | French chemist Charles-Adolphe Wurtz (1817–1884) first prepared ethylene glycol in 1856 |
| B. | First synthesis of glycol was from “ethylene iodide” (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>I<sub>2</sub>) with silver acetate and then hydrolyzed the resultant “ethylene diacetate” with potassium hydroxide |
| C. | It was synthesized from ethylene dichloride in Germany and used as a substitute for glycerol in the explosives industry |
| D. | There is no biological process for the synthesis of glycol |
| Answer» E. | |