Chemistry
A compound X when treated with an organic acid Y (having vinegar like smell) in the presence of the acid Z, forms a compound P which has a fruity smell.
(a) Identify X, Y and Z.
(b) Write structural formula of X and Y.
(c) What type of compound is P?
(d) Name the above reaction.
(e) If compound X and Y both have 2 carbon atoms. Write the reaction.
Related Questions
Distinguish ethane and ethene (using alkaline potassium permanganate solution).
The structures of six organic compounds are shown:
(a) Identify two of the compounds that are members of the same homologous series but are not isomers.
(b) Which two compounds are isomers of each other?
(c) F can be prepared from D. Give a chemical equation for the reaction.
Compound A is bubbled through bromine dissolved in carbon tetrachloride and the product formed is CH2Br–CH2Br.
(i) Draw the structural formula of A.
(ii) What type of reaction has A undergone.
(iii) What is your observation.
(iv) Name (not formula) the compound formed when steam reacts with A in the presence of phosphoric acid.
(v) What is the procedure for converting the product of (e) (iv) back to A ?
Draw the structural formula for each of the following—
(a) Ethanoic acid
(b) But-2-yne
(c) Methanoic acid
(d) Ethanal
(e) Ethyne
(f) Acetone
(g) 2-methyl propane
(h) An isomer of n-butane
(i) 2-propanol
(j) ethanol
(k) 1-propanal
(l) ethanoic acid
(m) 1,2, dichloroethane