+91-8076753736[email protected]
logo
logo
-->

Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

Question
CBSEENCH12011344
Wired Faculty App

Acetophenone when reacted with a base, C2H5ONa, yields a stable compound which has the structure

Solution

A.

Aldehydes or ketones with the alpha-H atom, in presence of the dilute base, undergoes aldol condensation to give Beta-hydroxy aldehyde or beta-hydroxy ketone. On heating, aldol eliminates water molecule to form alpha, beta unsaturated compound.

Some More Questions From Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Chapter

Write the structures of the following compounds.
Di-sec-butyl ketone

Write the structures of the following compounds.
4-fluoro acetophenone.

Write the structures of the following reactions:

Write the structures of products of the following reactions:


    

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their boiling points:
CH3CHO, CH3CH2OH, CH3OCH3, CH3CH2CH3.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:    
Ethanal, Propanal, Propanone, Butanone.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:    
Benzaldehyde, p-Tolualdehyde, p-Nitrobenzaldehyde, Acetophenone.

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Mock Test Series

Mock Test Series

NCERT Sample Papers

Entrance Exams Preparation