List of top Chemistry Questions on Alcohols

Glycerol \( \text{C}_3 \text{H}_8 \text{O}_3 \) reacts with \(\text{HCl} \), the product A is obtained. What is the structure of A?
Which is more basic oxygen in an ester?
When glycerol is treated with excess of HI, it produces
Which of the following compounds will be most readily dehydrated?
Sometimes explosion occurs while distilling ethers. It is due to the presence of:
Glycerine is used as a preservative for fruits and vegetables because:
The alcohol having molecular formula $C_4H_9OH$, when shaken with a mixture of anhydrous $ZnCl_2$ and conc. $HCl$ gives an oily layer product after five minutes. The alcohol is
: Both Grignard reagent and dialkyl cadmium react with acid chlorides to form tert-alcohols. : Grignard reagents are as reactive as dialkyl cadmium.
The alcohol that produces turbidity immediately with Lucas reagent at room temperature
Collin's reagent is used to convert ________.
Glycerol on treatment with oxalic acid at \(110^\circ C\) forms
The reaction, \(ROH + H_2CN_2\) in the presence of \(HBF_4\), gives the following product
The formula of ethyl carbinol is
Which of the following gives red colour in Victor Meyer’s test?
The correct order of dehydration of alcohols is
$0.037\, g$ of an alcohol, $R$-OH was added to $C _{2} H _{5} MgI$ and the gas evolved measured $11.2\, cc$ at STP. The molecular mass of $R- OH$ will be
What are \(X\) and \(Y\) in the following reaction sequence?
\[ C_2H_5OH \xrightarrow{Cl_2} X \xrightarrow{Cl_2} Y \]
What are $X$ and $Y$ in the following reaction sequence? $C_2H_5OH \xrightarrow{Cl_2}(X) \xrightarrow{Cl_2} Y$.
In the following reaction, $C _{2} H _{5} OH + CH _{3} COOH \xrightarrow[- H _{2} O ]{\text { Conc. } H _{2} SO _{4}} CH_3COOC_2H_5 \,\,\,\, C_2H_5OH$ acts as
Formation of alcohol by oxymercuration- demercuration of alkenes
Ethylene glycol gives oxalic acid on oxidation with
When ethyl alcohol is heated with conc. H\(_2\)SO\(_4\), product obtained is
Anisole is the product obtained from phenol by the reaction known as
The correct order of boiling point for primary $ (1^{\circ}) $ , secondary $ (2^{\circ}) $ and tertiary $ (3^{\circ}) $ alcohols is
Phenol is less acidic than