JSS PUBLIC SCHOOL

(SENIOR SECONDARY)
HSR LAYOUT – BENGALURU – 560102
CHEMISTRY WORKSHEET-31/07/23
CLASS-XII A, B
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1. Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of the property indicated:
a) p-nitrophenol, ethanol, phenol (acidic character).
b) Propanol, propane, propanal (boiling point)
2. Write the formula of reagents used in the following reactions:
a) Bromination of phenol to 2,4,6-tribromophenol.
b) Hydroboration of propene and then oxidation to propanol.
3. Account for the following:
a) o-nitrophenol is more steam volatile than p-nitrophenol.
b) Tert-butyl chloride on heating with sodium methoxide gives 2- methylpropene instead of
tert-butyl methyl ether.
4. Write the reaction involved in the following:
a) Reimer-Tiemann reaction.
b) Friedel-crafts alkylation of phenol.
5. Give simple chemical rests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
a) Ethanol and phenol.
b) Propanol and 2-methylpropan-2-ol.
6. Write mechanism of the following reaction:

7. How are the following conversions carried out?

a) Propene to propan-2-ol.
b) Benzyl chloride to benzyl alcohol.
c) Anisole to p-bromo anisole.
8. Write the main products in each of the following reactions:

9. Draw the structure and name the product formed if the following alcohols are oxidized.
Assume that an excess of oxidising agent is used.
(i) CH3CH2CH2CH2OH
(ii) 2-butanol
(iii) 2-methyl-1-propanol
10. Write the product(s) of the following reactions: