9 Questions
What is the preferred reason for using thionyl chloride (SOCl2) in reactions involving carboxylic acids?
It escapes the reaction mixture as gas.
Which reagent is best suited for reducing carboxylic acids to primary alcohols?
Lithium aluminium hydride
What happens when carboxylic acids lose carbon dioxide upon heating their sodium salts with sodalime?
They give hydrocarbons.
What is the Kolbe electrolysis reaction known for?
Decarboxylating alkali metal salts of carboxylic acids.
Which functional group is not easily reduced by diborane?
Ester
What type of reaction occurs when carboxylic acids having an a-hydrogen are halogenated?
Halogenation
What is the product obtained when ammonium salt formed from carboxylic acid is further heated at high temperatures?
Amide
What is the function of red phosphorus in halogenation reactions involving carboxylic acids?
Acts as a catalyst for halogenation.
What happens when sodium borohydride reacts with a carboxylic group?
It reduces the carboxyl group.
Learn about aldol condensation reactions involving aldehydes and ketones. Understand the concept of cross aldol condensation when two different aldehydes and/or ketones with a-hydrogen atoms react to give a mixture of four products.
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