Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal’s

C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School

CLASS XI CHEMISTRY WORKSHEET (2017 – 2018)

ALDEHYDES AND KETONES

Question 1.
Write balanced equations for the following preparations of aldehydes

1. Primary alcohol to aldehyde

2. Ozonolysis of alkene to aldehyde
3. Hydration of alkyne to aldehyde
4. Dry distillation of calcium salt of carboxylic acid to aldehyde
5. Reaction between nitriles and Grignard’s reagent to give aldehyde
6. Acid chloride to aldehyde (Rosenmund’s reduction)
7. Ester to aldehyde

Question 2.
Write balanced equations for the following preparations of ketones

1. Secondary alcohol to ketone

2. Ozonolysis of alkene to ketone
3. Hydration of alkyne to ketone
4. Dry distillation of calcium salt of carboxylic acid to ketone
5. Acid chloride to ketone by reaction with dialkyl cadmium
6. Reaction between nitriles and Grignard’s reagent to give ketone
7. Ester to ketone

Question 3.
Discuss Physical properties of aldehydes and ketone on the basis of state and boiling point.

Question 4.
Write balanced equations for the following Nucleophilic addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones with
1. Ammonia (with mechanism)
2. Hydroxyl amine
3. Hydrazine
4. Phenyl hydrazine
5. Hydrogen cyanide
6. Sodium bisulphite
7. Grignard’s reagent
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Question 5.
Write balanced equations for the following Reduction reactions of aldehydes and ketones
1. Clemmensen’s reduction
2. Wolff – Kishner reduction
3. Reduction with Red Phosphorous and HI

Question 6.
Write balanced equations for the following base catalysed reactions of aldehydes and ketones (with
mechanism)
1. Aldol Condensation
2. Cross aldol condensation
3. Cannizzaro’s reaction

Question 7.
Write balanced equations for the following reactions of aldehydes and ketones
1. oxidation
2. Iodoform

Question 8.
1. Write chemical tests to distinguish between formaldehyde and acetaldehyde.
2. Write chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones.
3. Write chemical tests to distinguish between aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes

Question 9.
Write balanced equations for the following reactions with respect to benzaldehyde.
1. Laboratory preparation of benzaldehyde from toluene by oxidation with chromyl chloride
2. Oxidation of benzaldehyde
3. Reduction of benzaldehyde
4. Nucleophilic addition reaction with hydrogen cyanide
5. Nucleophilic addition reaction with sodium bisulphite
6. Reaction with ammonia
7. Reaction with hydroxyl amine
8. Reaction with hydrazine
9. Reaction with phenyl hydrazine
10. Reaction with phosphorous pentachloride
11. Cannizzaro reaction
12. Perkin’s reaction
13. Electrophilic substitution with halogens
14. Electrophilic substitution - nitration
15. Electrophilic substitution – sulphonation

Question 10.
Write uses of aldehyde, ketones and benzaldehyde.

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