Alcohols Phenols and Ethers — JEE Main PYQs

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  1. In the following reaction sequence, structures of A and B respectively will be
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  2. Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of bond length: methanol, phenol, p-ethoxyphenol
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  3. The major product in the following reaction is
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  4. Consider the following reactions


    The mass percentage of carbon in A is ____.
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  5. The increasing order of boiling points of the following compounds is:
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  6. The antifertility drug "Novestrol" can react with:
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  7. Consider the following reaction:

    The product 'P' gives positive ceric ammonium nitrate test. This is because of the presence of which of these -OH group(s)?
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  8. A solution of phenol in chloroform when treated with aqueous NaOH gives compound P as a major product. The mass percentage of carbon in P is _____. (to the nearest integer) (Atomic mass: C=12; H=1; O=16)
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  9. Which of the following derivates of alcohol is unstable is an aqueous base?
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  10. When neopentyl alcohol is heated with an acid, it slowly converted into an 85:15 mixture of alkenes A and B, respectively. What are these alkenes?
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  11. The major product [B] in the following reactions is:

    (see structure) alcohol
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  12. The organic compound that gives following qualitative analysis is:
    TestInference
    (a)Dil. HClInsoluble
    (b)NaOH solutionSoluble
    (c) /waterDecolourization
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  13. The increasing order of pKa values of the following compounds is

    A

    B

    C

    D
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  14. can not be prepared by :
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  15. What will be the major product when m-cresol is reacted with propargyl bromide () in presence of in acetone
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  16. The major product in the following conversion is :
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  17. p -Hydroxybenzophenone upon reaction with bromine in carbon tetrachloride gives:
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  18. The products formed in the reaction of cumene with followed by treatment with dil. HCl are:
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  19. Phenol reacts with methyl chloroformate in the presence of NaOH to form product A. A reacts with to form product B. and are respectively :
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  20. Phenol on treatment with in the presence of NaOH followed by acidification produces compound as the major product. on treatment with in the presence of catalytic amount of …
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  21. Sodium phenoxide when heated with CO₂ under pressure at 125°C yields a product which on acetylation produces C.

    The major product C would be:
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  22. The most suitable reagent for the conversion of is:
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  23. An unknown alcohol is treated with the "Lucas reagent" to determine whether the alcohol is primary, secondary or tertiary. Which alcohol reacts fastest and by what mechanism:
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  24. Arrange the following compounds in order of decreasing acidity:
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  25. Ortho-Nitrophenol is less soluble in water than and Nitrophenols because :
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  26. Which of the following reagents may be used to distinguish between phenol and benzoic acid ?
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  27. Phenol is heated with a solution of mixture of KBr and . The major product obtained in the above reaction is
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  28. From amongst the following alcohols the one that would react fastest with conc. HCl and anhydrous , is
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  29. The main product of the following reaction is ?
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  30. The major product obtained on interaction of phenol with sodium hydroxide and carbon dioxide is :
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  31. In the following sequence of reactions,

    the compound 'D' is
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  32. The electrophile involved in the above reaction is
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  33. The best reagent to convert pent -3- en-2-ol into pent -3-en-2-one is
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  34. Among the following compound which can be dehydrated very easily is
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