ALKENES TEST

Note : (a) Question no. 1 to 9 carry 1 marks each. M.M. = 30

(b) Question no. 10 to 15 carry 3 marks each. Time = 1 Hr

1. The H – C – H angle in ethene is 120°, while in ethyne it is 180°. Give reason.

2. How is ethene obtained from ethanol ?
3. Write chemical equations describing the acid-catalysed dehydration of ethanol.
4. How is propene obtained from propane?
5. What happens when a haloalkane is boiled with alcoholic KOH ?
6. What happens when 2-bromobutane is heated with alcoholic KOH?

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7. Give chemical equations for the preparation of ethene by Kolbe’s electrolytic method.
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How would you detect the presence of unsaturation in hydrocarbons?
How is the presence of a double or a triple bond in any compound confirmed?
State Markownikoff’s rule and give one example to illustrate it.
How can an alkene be obtained from,

(b) cis-but-2-ene,
What is Baeyer’s reagent? For what purpose is it used?
(a) haloalkane
Arrange the following compounds in the order of decreasing melting points:
(a) pentane, (c) trans-but-2-ene.
(b) 1, 2-dihaloalkane?

14. Write down the isomeric forms of butene. Indicate with chemical equations showing reactions of the following on
each of the above isomeric forms.
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(a) H 2SO 4 (b) Ozone followed by water.

15. Addition of HBr to propene yields 2-bromopropane, which in presence of benzoyl per oxide the same reaction yields
1-bromopropane. Explain and give mechanism.

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