USPC JAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL

WORKSHEET-IV
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY (043)
CLASS: XII
CH-11 (ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS)
Conceptual Skills (Short Answer)
1. Classify the following as primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols :

Read the given passage and answer the following questions:

The common name of an alcohol is derived from the common name of the alkyl group and
adding the word alcohol to it. For example, CH3OH is methyl alcohol. According to IUPAC
system the name of an alcohol is derived from the name of the alkane from which the alcohol is
derived, by substituting ‘e’ of alkane with the suffix ‘ol’.
2. Name the following compounds according to IUPAC system.
 3. Write structures of the compounds whose IUPAC names are as follows :
(i) 2-Methylbutan-2-ol
(ii) 1-Phenylpropan-2-ol
(iii) 3,5-Dimethylhexane-1,3,5-triol
(iv) 2,3-Diethylphenol
Critical Thinking Skills (Short Answer)
Read the passage and answer the following questions:
The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of
carbon atoms (increase in van der Waals forces). In alcohols, the boiling points decrease
with increase of branching in carbon chain (because of decrease in van der Waals forces
with decrease in surface area). The –OH group in alcohols and phenols is involved in
intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
4. Explain why propanol has higher boiling point than that of the hydrocarbon, butane.
5. Alcohols are comparatively more soluble in water than hydrocarbons of comparable
molecular masses. Explain this fact.
6. What is meant by hydroboration-oxidation reaction? Illustrate it with an example.
7. Out of 2-chloroethanol and ethanol which is more acidic and why?
Analytical & Computational Skills (Long Answer)
8. Out of o-nitrophenol and p-nitrophenol, which is more volatile? Explain.
9. Explain why the OH group in phenols is more strongly held as compared to OH group in
alcohols.
10. Explain why is O=C=O nonpolar while R-O-R is polar.