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This section includes 12 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Organic Chemistry knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Which of the following is not a method of preparation of glycol? |
A. | Shell’s omega method |
B. | From carbon monoxide |
C. | From Dimethyl oxalate |
D. | From nitrogen |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
Which of the following is the most convenient and inexpensive method of formation of glycol? |
A. | Hydroxylation of alkene by Bayer’s reagent |
B. | From 1,2-dibromoethane |
C. | Oxidation of ethylene and using Ag as catalyst |
D. | Ethylene treatment with HOCl |
Answer» B. From 1,2-dibromoethane | |
3. |
What will be the product A and B for the given reaction? |
A. | ethane, glycol |
B. | glycol, ethylene chlorohydrine |
C. | Ethylene chlorohydrine, glycol |
D. | ethan-1-ol, Glycol |
Answer» D. ethan-1-ol, Glycol | |
4. |
What will be the catalyst A which can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol? |
A. | Catalyst Cu, 200 – 400℃ |
B. | Catalyst Pt, 100 – 200℃ |
C. | Catalyst Ni, 200 – 400℃ |
D. | Catalyst Ag, 200 – 400℃ |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
What will be the compound A which can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol? |
A. | RCOR’ |
B. | RCO2OH |
C. | RCHO |
D. | RCOOH |
Answer» C. RCHO | |
6. |
Which of the following reagent can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol? |
A. | Benedict reagent |
B. | Baeyer’s reagent |
C. | Barfoed reagent |
D. | Seliwanoff reagent |
Answer» C. Barfoed reagent | |
7. |
WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_IS_THE_MOST_CONVENIENT_AND_INEXPENSIVE_METHOD_OF_FORMATION_OF_GLYCOL??$ |
A. | Hydroxylation of alkene by Bayer’s reagent |
B. | From 1,2-dibromoethane |
C. | Oxidation of ethylene and using Ag as catalyst |
D. | Ethylene treatment with HOCl |
Answer» B. From 1,2-dibromoethane | |
8. |
Which_of_the_following_is_not_a_method_of_preparation_of_glycol?$ |
A. | Shell’s omega method |
B. | From carbon monoxide |
C. | From Dimethyl oxalate |
D. | From nitrogen |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
Which compound is used with 1,2- dibromoethane for the formation of glycol? |
A. | Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> |
B. | NaHCO<sub>3</sub> |
C. | NaOH |
D. | CH<sub>3</sub>COONa |
Answer» B. NaHCO<sub>3</sub> | |
10. |
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. | |
11. |
Which type of product is formed when Cold dilute alkaline solution of Bayer’s reagent reacts with alkene?$ |
A. | Syn-glyol |
B. | Syn- and anti-geometry will not be there in glycol |
C. | Anti-glyol |
D. | Trans glycol |
Answer» B. Syn- and anti-geometry will not be there in glycol | |
12. |
Which of the following is the industrial method of formation of glycol? |
A. | Hydroxylation of alkene by Bayer’s reagent |
B. | From 1,2-dibromoethane |
C. | Oxidation of ethylene and using Ag as catalyst |
D. | Ethylene treatment with HOCl |
Answer» D. Ethylene treatment with HOCl | |