TO PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING WORD PROBLEMS FROM ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

1. A hydrocarbon C5H10 does not react with chlorine in dark but gives monochloro compound C5H9Cl in
bright sunlight. Identify the hydrocarbons.
2.Primary alkyl halide A C4H9Br reacted with alcoholic KOH to give compound B .Compound B is reacted
with HBr to give C which is an isomer of A. When A was reacted with sodium metal it gave a compound D
C8H18 that was different from the compound when n-butyl bromide was reacted with sodium. Give structural
formula of A and write the equation for all the reactions involved.
3. An organic compound A has molecular formula C8H16O2.It gets hydrolysed with dilute sulphuric acid and
gives carboxylic acid B and an alcohol C. Oxidation of C with chromic acid also produced B. C on dehydration
reaction gives but-1-ene.Identify A,B and C and write the reactions involved.
4.An organic compound contains 69.77% carbon,11.63% hydrogen and rest oxygen. The molecular mass of the
compound is 86.It does not reduce Tollen’s reagent but forms an addition compound with sodium hydrogen
sulphite and gives positive iodoform test. On vigorous addition, it gives ethanoic acid and propanoic acids.
Derive the structure of the compound.
5. An organic compound with the molecular formula,C 9H10O forms 2,4-DNP derivative, reduces Tollen’s
reagent and undergoes Cannizzaro reaction. On vigorous oxidation , it gives 1,2-benzene dicarboxylic acid.
Identify the compound.
6. An organic compound A having molecular formula C8H8O forms an orange red precipitate with 2,4-DNP
reagent .Compound “A” gives a yellow precipitate when heated in presence of Iodine and NaOH along with a
colourlesscompound . ‘A’ does not reduce Tollen’s reagent or Fehling’s solution nor does it decolourise
bromine water. On drastic oxidation of “A” with chromic acid, a carboxylic acid B of molecular formula
C7H6O2 is formed. Identify the compounds (A) and (B) and explain the reactions involved.
7. An organic compound (A) which has characteristic odour, on treatment with concentrated NaOH forms two
compounds (B) and (C). Compound (B) has the molecular formula C 7H8O which on oxidation with CrO3 gives
back compound (A). Compound (C) is the sodium salt of the acid. Compound (C) when heated with soda lime
yields an aromatic hydrocarbon (D). Deduce the structures of (A), (B), (C) and (D). Write chemical equations
for all reactions taking place.

TO PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING MECHANISMS FROM ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

1.Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol.

2.Write the mechanism of acid dehydration of ethanol to yield ethene?
3.How is 1-propoxypropane synthesized from propan-1-ol?Write the mechanism of this reaction.
4.Write the mechanism of the reaction of HI with methoxymethane?
5.When 3-methylbutan-2-ol is treated with HBr, the following reaction takes place:
HBr
CH3-CH(CH3)-CH(OH)-CH3 ---------------→ CH3- C(Br)(CH3)-CH2-CH3
Give a mechanism for this reaction.
6.Write the mechanism for acid dehydration of ethanol to yield diethyl ether.
7.Write the mechanism for dehydration of Propan-2-ol in presence of an acid.
TO PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING NAME REACTIONS FROM ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1.FINKELSTEIN
2.SWART’S
3.FRIEDEL
DEL CRAFT’S REACTION(ALKYLATION AND ACYLATION)
4.REIMER-TIEMANN
5.KOLBE’S
6.ROSENMUND’S
7.STEPHEN
8.ETARD’S
9.GATTERMAN-KOCH
10.CLEMMENSON’S
11.WOLF-KISHNER
12.HVZ
13.CANNIZARO
14.ALDOL
15.FITTIG

TO PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING NUMERICALS FROM PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

1. How much electricity in terms of Faraday is required to produce:
(i) 20·0 g of Ca from molten CaCl2
(ii) 40·0 g of Al from molten Al2O3 ?

2. Λ0m for NaCl, HCl and NaAc are 126.4, 425.9 and 91.0 S cm 2 mol–1 respectively. Calculate Λ 0 for HAc.

3. Calculate the standard cell potential of the galvanic cell in which the following reaction takes place :
Fe2+ (aq) + Ag+ (aq) Fe3+ (aq) + Ag (s). Also calcul
calculate ΔrG° ( =0.80V =0.77V)

4. Resistance of a conductivity cell filled with 0.1 mol L-1 KCl solution is 100 Ω. If the resistance of the same
cell when filled with 0.02 mol L-1 KCl solution is 520 Ω, calculate the conductivity and molar conductivity of
0.02 mol L-1 KCl solution.. The conductivity of 0.1 mol L-1 KCl solution is 1.29 × 10-22 Ω-1 cm-1.

5.A
A steady current of 2 amperes was passed through two electrolytic cells X and Y connected in series
containing electrolytes FeSO4 and ZnSO4 until 2.8g of Fe deposited at the cathode of cell X. How long did the
current flow? Calculate the mass of Zn deposited at the cathode of cell Y. (Molar mass Fe= 56 g/mol Zn = 65.3
g/mol , 1F =96500 Cmol-1)

6.Calculate
Calculate the emf of the cell in which the following reaction takes place:
Ni(s)+2Ag+ (0.002 M) -> Ni2+ (0.160 M)+2Ag(s) . [Given that E()(cell) = 1.05 V , log 4 =0.6021 and log 2
=0.3010]

7. Calculate the emf of the following cell at 298K : Al(s) / Al3+(0.15M) // Cu2+ (0.025M)/Cu(s)
[Given E0 (Al3+/Al ) = -1.66 V , E0 (Cu2+ /Cu) = 0.34 V, log 0.15 = -0.8239 , log 0.025 = -1.6020
Cu2+ /Cu 1.6020 ]
8.Limiting molar conductivities of NH4Cl , NaOH, and NaCl are respectively 129.8 , 217.4 and
108.9 Scm2mol-1 and the molar conductivity of 10-2 M solution of NH4OH is 9.33 Scm2 mol-1. Calculate the
degree of dissociation of NH4OH.

9. The conductivity of 0.20 M solution of KCl at 298 K is 0.0248 S.cm –1. Calculate its molar conductivity.

10. The resistance of 0.01 M NaCl solution at 250C is 200 Ω. The cell constant of the conductivity cell used is
unity. Calculate the molar conductivity of the solution.

11. The electrical resistance of a column of 0.05 M KOH solution of length 50 cm and area of cross section
0.625 cm2 is 5 x 103ohm. Calculate its resistivity, conductivity, and molar conductivity.

12.A sample of drinking water was found to be severely contaminated with chloroform (CHCl 3), supposed to be
a carcinogen. The level of contamination was 15 ppm (by mass).
(i) express this in percent by mass.
(ii) determine the molality of chloroform in the water sample.

13.An aqueous solution of 2 percent non-volatile solute exerts a pressure of 1·004 bar at the boiling point of the
solvent. What is the molecular mass of the solute?

14.Heptane and octane form an ideal solution. At 373 K, the vapour pressures of the two liquid components are
105.2 kPa and 46.8 kPa respectively. What will be the vapour pressure of a mixture of 26.0 g of heptane and
35.0 g of octane?

15.Vapour pressure of pure water at 298 K is 23.8mm Hg. 50 g of urea (NH 2CONH2) is dissolved in 850 g of
water. Calculate the vapour pressure of water for this solution.
16.Concentrated nitric acid used in the laboratory work is 68% nitric acid by mass in aqueous solution. What
should be the molarity of such a sample of acid if the density of the solution is 1·504 g mL -1 ?

17.Two elements A and B form compounds having formula AB2 and AB4. When dissolved in 20g of benzene
(C6H6), 1 g of AB2 lowers the freezing point by 2.3 K whereas 1.0 g of AB4 lowers it by 1.3 K. The molar
depression constant for benzene is 5.1 K kg mol-1. Calculate atomic masses of A and B.

18.Calculate the molarity of 10% (w/w) aqueous solution of glucose (MM=180u) if density of the solution is
1.2gm/mL.

19.Calculate the mass of ascorbic acid (vitamin C, C 6H8O6) to be dissolved in 75 g of acetic acid to lower its
melting point by 1·5°C. (Kf for CH3COOH) = 3·9 K kg mol-1)

20.The rate of the chemical reaction doubles for an increase of 10 K in absolute temperature from 298 K.
Calculate Ea.

21.A reaction is second order with respect to a reactant. How is the rate of reaction affected if the concentration
of the reactant is (i) doubled (ii) reduced to half ?
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22.The decomposition of A into product has value of k as 4.5 x 10 s-1 at 100C and energy of activation 60
kJ/mol . At what temperature would k be 1.5 x 104 s-1?
23.A first order reaction takes 40 minutes for 30% decomposition. Calculate t ½ ?
24.For the reaction ; 2A + B → A2B, the reaction rate = k [A][B]2 with k = 2·0 x 10-6 mol-2 L2 s-1. Calculate the
initial rate of the reaction when [A] = 0·1 mol L-1; [B] = 0·2 mol L-1. Also calculate the reaction rate when [A]
is reduced to 0·06 mol L-1.

25.Sucrose decomposes in acid solution into glucose and fructose according to the first order rate law, with
t1/2 = 3.00 hours. What fraction of sample of sucrose remains after 8 hours?