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Reactions of carboxylic acid

1- During reaction of aromatic carboxylic acid with Cl2 ,


which of the following catalyst is used?
(a) Pt
(b) NaCl
(c) Fe
(d) Pb
2- Heating an alpha halogenated acid with ……leads to
unsaturated acid.
(a) CCl4
(b) Alcoholic KOH
(c) KMnO4
(d) Conc. H2SO4
3- Reaction of aliphatic carboxylic acid with Cl2 or Br2 to
form alpha halo carboxylic acid is called….
(a) Wurtz reaction
(b) Koch reaction
(c) Hell Volhard Zelinsky reaction
(d) Kolbe’s reaction
4- Catalyst used in Hell Volhard Zelinsky reaction is…..
(a) Ag
(b) P
(c) Pb
(d) Pt
5- Carboxylic acid undergoes reduction with lithium Al
hydride to give……
(a) Primary alcohol
(b) Secondary alcohol
(c) Tertiary alcohol
(d) None
6- By distillation of calcium salts of carboxylic acids gives….
(a) Aldehyde
(b) Ketones
(c) Ether
(d) Ester
7- A reaction in which carboxylic acid is treated with lithium
chloride to form alkyl chloride is…..
(a) Kochi reaction
(b) Hunsdiecker reaction
(c) Wurtz reaction
(d) Kolbe’s reaction
8- Which of the following reactions are complimentary to
each other?
(a) Kochi and wurtz
(b) Kolbe’s and hunsdiecker
(c) Kochi and hunsdiecker
(d) Kolbe’s and wurtz
9- The hunsdiecker reaction gives best result with ….. alkyl
carboxylic acid.
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Tertiary
(d) Both a and b
10- Kochi reaction gives best result with….alkyl carboxylic
acid.
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Tertiary
(d) Both b and c
11- Decarboxylation of silver salts of a carboxylic acid in
the presence of bromine or chlorine to form alkyl halide is
called….
(a) Kochi reaction
(b) Hunsdiecker reaction
(c) Wurtz reaction
(d) Kolbe’s reaction
12- A reaction in which a carboxylic acid loses CO2 is
called……
(a) Carboxylation
(b) Decarboxylation
(c) Esterification
(d) None
13- When carboxylate salts are heated with soda lime…..
are formed.
(a) Alkanes
(b) Alkenes
(c) Alkynes
(d) All
14- Carboxylic acid react with alcohol in the presence of a
strong mineral acid to form….
(a) Alkanes
(b) Ether
(c) Ester
(d) Alkynes
15- In Kolbe’s electro synthesis, carboxylate ion at anode
is…
(a) Oxidized
(b) Reduced
(c) Share
(d) None

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