Question
(a) Write the chemical reaction involved in Etard reaction.
(b) Arrange the following in the increasing order of their reactivity towards nucleophilic addition reaction:
CH3−CHO, C6H5COCH3, HCHO
(c) Why is pKa of Cl−CH2−COOH lower than the that of CH3COOH?
(d) Write the product in the following reaction:
CH3CH2CH=CH−CH2CN1.(i−Bu)2AIH−−−−−−−−−→2.H2O
(e) A and B are two functional isomers of compound C3H6O. On heating with NaOH and I2, isomer A forms yellow precipitate of iodoform whereas isomer B does not form any precipitate. Write the formulae of A and B.