The –OH group of an alcohol or the carboxylic acid can be replaced by – Cl using: 

1. Hypochlorous acid 2. Chlorine
3. Hydrochloric acid 4. Phosphorous pentachloride

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Chloropicrin is obtained by the reaction of: 

1. Nitric acid on chlorobenzene.

2. Chlorine on picric acid.

3. Nitric acid on chloroform.

4. Steam on carbon tetrachloride.

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Given below is a reaction sequence:
\(\begin{aligned} & CH_3CH_2Cl\xrightarrow{NaCN}X\xrightarrow{H_2/Ni}Y\\ &Y\xrightarrow{\text{Acetic Anhydride}}Z \end{aligned}\)

Z in the above reaction is:

1. CH3CH2CH2NHCOCH3

2. CH3CH2CH2NH2

3. CH3CH2CH2CONHCH3

4. CH3CH2CH2CONHCOCH3

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 \(CH_3CH_2CHCl_2\) upon reaction with \(NaNH_2\)gives:

1. 2.
3. 4.

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obtained by chlorination of n-butane, will be:
1.  Meso form
2.  Racemic mixture
3.  d-form
4.  l-form

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An organic compound A(C4H9Cl) in reaction with Na/diethyl ether gives a hydrocarbon which on monochlorination gives only one chloro derivative. A is:

1. t-butyl chloride
2. sec. butyl chloride
3. Iso butyl chloride
4. n-butyl chloride

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Wurtz reaction is not preferred for the preparation of alkanes containing an odd number of carbon atoms because:

1. Boiling points of alkanes obtained in the mixture are very close.
2. Melting points of alkanes obtained in the mixture are very close.
3. Lattice energy of alkanes obtained in the mixture are very close.
4. None of the above.
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A hydrocarbon C5H10 does not react with chlorine in the dark but gives a single monochloro compound C5H9Cl in bright sunlight. Hydrocarbon could be:

1. Benzene 2. Cyclopentane
3. Toluene 4. Hexane
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a. CH3Br or CH3I  
b. (CH3)3CCl or CH3Cl

The above-mentioned compounds that react faster in S N2 reaction with OH- from each given pair respectively are:
1. CH3Br, CH3I
2. CH3Br, (CH3)3CCl
3. CH3I, CH3Cl
4. CH3I, (CH3)3CCl

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Out of C6H5CH2Cl and C6H5CHClC6H5, the one that gets easily hydrolyzed by aqueous KOH is :

1. C6H5CHClC6H5 

2. C6H5CH2Cl

3. Both react equally

4. None of the above

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