Chemistry
By choosing appropriate words, complete the statements given below.
Nickel, hydrogenation, hydration, dehydration, Conc. H2SO4, Conc. HNO3, Conc. HCl, homologues.
(i) The conversion of ethanol to ethene is an example of …………… .
(ii) Converting ethanol into ethene requires the use of…………… .
(iii) Conversion of ethene to ethane is an example of …………… and the catalyst employed is …………… .
(iv) The successive members of …………… series differ by 14 amu.
Answer
(i) The conversion of ethanol to ethene is an example of dehydration.
(ii) Converting ethanol into ethene requires the use of conc. H2SO4
(iii) Conversion of ethene to ethane is an example of hydrogenation and the catalyst employed is nickle .
(iv) The successive members of homologues series differ by 14 amu.
Related Questions
A volatile chloride of metal M contains 34.5% of the metal. If the density of metal chloride relative to hydrogen is 162.5. Calculate the molecular formula of metal chloride.
[M = 56, Cl = 35.5].
(i) What type of reaction takes place between ethane and chlorine to form monochloroethane?
(ii) The reaction between ethene and chlorine forms only one product. Name the type of this reaction.
(iii)
- Draw the structural formula of ethene.
- What is the feature of the ethene structure which allows ethene to react with chlorine in the way it does?
The list of some organic compounds is given below.
Ethanol, ethane, methanol, methane, ethyne and ethene.
From the list above, name a compound :
(i) formed by the dehydration of ethanol by conc. H2SO4.
(ii) which will give red precipitate with ammonical cuprous chloride solution.
(iii) which forms methanoic acid on oxidation in the presence of copper at 200°C.
(iv) which has vapour density 14 and turn alkaline potassium permanganate green.
(v) which form chloroform on halogenation in the presence of sunlight.
(vi) which decolourises bromine solution in carbon tetrachloride.
Explain the electrolysis of copper sulphate solution using copper electrodes with
(i) a labelled diagram
(ii) equations
(iii) observation