Chemistry

Hydrocarbons

Question:

(a) Why are alkenes called unsaturated hydrocarbons?
(b) How will you test the presence of double bond in an alkene?
(c) Name the products formed when propene is subjected to ozonolysis.

Answer:

(a) Alkenes contain two hydrogen atoms less than alkanes and thus they contain C—C double bond (C=C) in their molecule. Thus they are called unsaturated hydrocarbons.
(b) Alkenes react with cold dilute KMn04 solution to form gycols. Since bright purple colour of KMn04 disappears during the reaction it is used as a test for the presence of double bond.
(c) A mixture of acetaldehyde and formaldehyde is formed.

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Hydrocarbons

Q 1.

How will you distinguish between propene and propane?

Q 2.

Nucleophiles and electrophiles are reaction intermediates having electron rich and electron deficient centres respectively. Hence, they tend to attack electron deficient and electron rich centres respectively. Classify the following species as electrophiles and nucleophiles.
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Q 3.

What happens when benzene is treated with acetyl chloride in presence of AlCl3?

Q 4.

In the alkane, CH3CH2—C(CH3)2—CH2—CH(CH3)2, identify 1 °, 2 °, 3 ° carbon atoms and give the number of H-atoms bonded to each one of these.

Q 5.

Discuss the shape of methane and ethane.

Q 6.

Define resonance energy. What is resonance energy of benzene?

Q 7.

Convert ethylene to ethane.

Q 8.

What is the hybridisation of central carbon in 1,2-propadiene (CH2=C=CH2)?

Q 9.

Which of the following alkenes on ozonolysis gives a mixture of ketones only?
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Q 10.

How will you separate propene from propyne?

Q 11.

Which type of isomerism is exhibited by but-l-yne and but-2-yne?

Q 12.

What are the necessary conditions for any system to be aromatic?

Q 13.

Why do alkenes prefer to undergo electrophilic addition reaction while arenes prefer electrophilic substitution reaction? Explain.

Q 14.

What happens when ethanol is heated with cone. H2SO4?

Q 15.

Why are Alkenes called olefins?

Q 16.

What are Arenes ?

Q 17.

An alkene ‘A’ contains three C-C, eight C-H σ bonds and one C-C Ï€ bond. ‘A' on ozonolysis gives two moles of an aldehyde of molar mass 44 u. Deduce IUPAC name of’A’.

Q 18.

What is Lindlar’s catalyst? Give its use.

Q 19.

How will you distinguish between acetylene and ethylene?

Q 20.

Write the IUPAC names of the following compounds.
(i) (CH3)CCH2C(CH3)3    (ii) (CH3)2C(C2H5)2

Q 21.

Arrange the three isomers of pentane in increasing order of their boiling points.

Q 22.

What effect does branching of an alkane chain has on its boiling point?

Q 23.

Despite their -I effect, halogens are o- andp-direction in haloarenes. Explain.

Q 24.

An alkene ‘A’ contains three C—C, eight C—H, a-bonds, and one C—C n-bond. ‘A’ on ozonolysis gives two moles of an aldehyde of molar mass 44 u. Write the IUPAC name of’A’.

Q 25.

What is electrophile in sulphonation?

Q 26.

What do you mean by pyrolysis?

Q 27.

(a) What effect the branching of an alkane has on its melting point?
(b) Which of the following has highest boiling point?
(i) 2-methyl pentane
(ii) 2, 3-diethyl butane
(iii) 2, 2-dimethyl butane

Q 28.

Draw Newman and Sawhorse projections for the eclipsed and staggered conformations of ethane. Which of these conformations is more stable and why? .

Q 29.

Explain the term aromaticity. What are the necessary conditions for any compound to show aromaticity?

Q 30.

(a) Why are alkenes called unsaturated hydrocarbons?
(b) How will you test the presence of double bond in an alkene?
(c) Name the products formed when propene is subjected to ozonolysis.

Q 31.

Which of the following are correct?
(a) CH3 – O – CH+2 is more stable than CH3 – CH+2
(b) (CH3)2CH+ is less stable than CH3 – CH2 – CH+2
(c) CH2 = CH – CH+2 is more stable than CH3 – CH2 – CH+2
(d) CH2 = CH+ is more stable than CH3 – CH+2
 

Q 32.

The intermediate carbocation formed in the reactions of HI, HBr and HC1 with propene is the same and the bond energy of HCl, HBr and HI is 430.5 kJ mol-1,363.7 kJ mol1 and 296.8 kJ mol-1 What will be the other of reactivity of these halogen acids?

Q 33.

What happens when benzene is treated with acetyl chloride in presence of AlCl3?

Q 34.

Classify the following compounds into (i) alkanes (ii) alkenes (iii) alkynes (iv) arenes.  (a) C6H6 (b) C4H8 (C) C8H8 (d) C5H8 (e) C6H14

Q 35.

What happens when benzene is treated with excess of Cl2 in presence of sunlight? Give chemical reaction.

Q 36.

Although benzene is highly unsaturated it does not undergo addition reactions. Why?

Q 37.

Why does the presence of a nitro group-make the benzene ring less reactive in comparison to the unsubstituted benzene ring? Explain.

Q 38.

What effect does branching of an alkane chain has on its boiling point?

Q 39.

Write structures of all the alkenes which on hydrogeneration give 2-methylbutane.

Q 40.

What is decarboxylation ? Give an example.

Q 41.

Why are alkanes called paraffins?

Q 42.

How will you convert ethanoic acid into ethene?

Q 43.

How will you demonstrate that double bonds of benzene are somewhat different from that of olefins?

Q 44.

Which are the correct IUPAC names of the following compound
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(a) 5-(2′,2′-Dimethylpropyl)decane
(b) 4-Butyl-2,2-dimethylnonane
(c) 2,2-Dimethyl-4-pentyloctane
(d) 5-neo-Pentyldecane

Q 45.

What will be the product obtained as a result of the following reaction and why?

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Q 46.

Why is benzene extra-ordinarily stable though it contains three double bonds?

Q 47.

Explain why the following systems are not aromatic?
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Q 48.

Write down the products ofozonolysis ofl, 2-dimethylbenzene (o-xylene). How does the result support Kekule structure of benzene?

Q 49.

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Q 50.

Explain the following with examples:
(i) Wurtz reaction
(ii) Hydrogenation.