Select the correct option based on statements below:
Assertion (A): | Boiling points of alcohols and ethers are high. |
Reason (R): | They can form intermolecular hydrogen bonding. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
Select the correct option based on statements below:
Assertion (A): | Like the bromination of benzene, bromination of phenol is carried out in the presence of Lewis acid. |
Reason (R): | Lewis acid polarizes the bromine molecule. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Select the correct option based on statements below:
Assertion (A): | o-Nitrophenol is less soluble in water than the m and p-isomers. |
Reason (R): | m and p-Nitrophenols exist as associated molecules. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Select the correct option based on statements below:
Assertion (A): | Ethanol is a weaker acid than phenol. |
Reason (R): | Sodium ethoxide may be prepared by the reaction of ethanol with aqueous NaOH. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Select the correct option based on statements below:
Assertion (A): | Phenol forms 2,4,6-tribromophenol on treatment with Br2 in carbon disulphide at 273K. |
Reason (R): | Bromine polarises in carbon disulphide. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
Select the correct option based on the statements below:
Assertion (A): | Phenols give o-and p-nitrophenol on nitration with conc. HNO3 and H2SO4 mixture. |
Reason (R): | —OH group in phenol is o-, p-directing. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
The number of structural isomers of alcohol of formula C5H12O are:
1. | 4 | 2. | 6 |
3. | 8 | 4. | 10 |
The number of monohydric phenols that can have the molecular formula, \(\mathrm{C}_7 \mathrm{H}_8 \mathrm{O}\) are:
1. | 2 | 2. | 3 |
3. | 4 | 4. | 5 |
Phenol is more acidic than ethanol due to:
1. Resonance
2. Phenoxide ions
3. Less -I effect
4. More ability to gain a proton
The group that activates the benzene ring towards electrophilic substitution reaction is:
1. | OH | 2. | NO2 |
3. | CN | 4. | COOH |