Q1ChemistryUnit 17: Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Which of the following chemical is used in making metal polishes:
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Part of Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen in JEE Main Chemistry.
- General methods of preparation, properties, reactions and uses of Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
- Alcohols: Identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, mechanism of dehydration
- Phenols: Acidic nature, electrophilic substitution reactions, halogenation, nitration and sulphonation, Reimer Tiemann reaction
- Ethers: Structure
- Aldehyde and Ketones: Nature of carbonyl group, nucleophilic addition to >C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones
- Important reactions such as Nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN, NH3 and its derivatives), Grignard reagent, oxidation, reduction (Wolf Kishner and Clemmensen), the acidity of alpha-hydrogen
- Aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Haloform reaction, chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones
- Carboxylic Acids: Acidic strength and factors affecting it
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Q2ChemistryUnit 17: Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Which of the following analgesics is not habit forming?
Q3ChemistryUnit 17: Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Chloramine-T is used as:
Q4ChemistryUnit 17: Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
On reduction of glycolic acid with the product formed is:
Q5ChemistryUnit 17: Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Dalda (Vanaspathi) is prepared by:
Q6ChemistryUnit 17: Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Artificial sweetener which is 600 times
sweeter than sucrose is:
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