Organic Compounds Flashcards
- Why are aryl halides less reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reactions as compared to alkyl halides?
a) The formation of a less stable carbanion
b) Longer carbon halogen bond
c) The inductive effect
d) Sp2-hybridized carbon attached to the halogen
d) Sp2-hybridized carbon attached to the halogen
- Which types of isomers are formed in rearrangement reactions?
a) structural isomers
b) Geometrical isomers
c) Optical isomer
d) Conformational isomers
a) structural isomers
- What is the main difference between Hofmann and
Curtius rearrangement?
a) Products are different
b) Intermediate formed is different
c) Reactants are different
d) Isomers
c) Reactants are different
- With accompanying 1, 2-rearrangement in wolff
rearrangement, an α-diazocarbonyl compound is
converted into a ketene by loss of which of the following
compound?
a) Dioxygen
b) Dinitrogen
c) Disulphur
d) Ammonia
b) Dinitrogen
- Which intermediate carbocation is more stable in
pinacole -pinacolone rearrangement?
a) 1o
b) 2o
c) 3o
d) 4o
c) 3o
- Which Intermediate is formed in Wolff’s reaction?
a) Carbene
b) Ketene
c) Carbocation
d) Carbanion
b) Ketene
- In which medium Favorskii rearrangement occurs?
a) Acidic
b) Basic
c) Neutral
d) Alkaline
b) Basic
- What is the correct order of reactivity series of the
halogen?
a) F > Cl > Br > I
b) I > Cl > Br > F
c) F > Br > Cl > I
d) I > Br > Cl > F
a) F > Cl > Br > I
- A layer of reddish brown precipitate which is formed on the iron knife, when an iron knife is dipped in an aqueous solution of copper sulphate is of which compound or element?
a) Iron sulphate
b) Copper
c) Rust
d) Copper sulphate
b) Copper
- Which type of catalytic reaction, does Dienone phenol rearrangement reaction belong?
a) Acid catalysed
b) Base catalysed
c) Acidic
d) Neutral
a) Acid catalysed
- Which of the following statement is false for
substitution reaction?
a) One functional group in a compound replaces another functional group
b) We can classify substitution reaction by nucleophile and electrophile
c) We can classify substitution reaction only by nucleophile and electrophile
d) Substitution reactions are divided into three general
classes, depending on the type of atom or group that acts as the substituent
c) We can classify substitution reaction only by nucleophile and electrophile
- Which medium is used in benzylic acid rearrangement reaction?
a) Neutral
b) Strong basic
c) Mild acidic
d) Strong acidic
b) Strong basic
- Why the chloroform layer becomes purple, when a
colourless solution of potassium iodide is passed through a colourless solution of chloroform?
a) Iodine
b) Chlorine
c) Potassium chloride
d) Potassium iodide
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a) Iodine
- Which of the following is a not method of electron
movement?
a) Bond breaking
b) Bond making
c) Bond movement
d) Revolution of bond
d) Revolution of bond
- Which of the following statement is false for electron movement?
a) The formal charge becomes one unit more positive at the starting atom and one unit more negative at the
terminal atom
b) The last arrow in a chain must be either a bond making arrow terminating at a sextet atom, or a bond breaking arrow.
c) When a bond is broken, this is represented by a curved arrow pointing towards from the bond from which electron will be transfered and ending the arrow pointing away towards the next unoccupied molecular orbital
d) Curly arrows are superimposed over the structural
formulae of reactants in a chemical equation to show the reaction mechanism
d) Curly arrows are superimposed over the structural
formulae of reactants in a chemical equation to show the reaction mechanism
- Who proposed arrow pushing method of showing
progression of electons?
a) Sir Robert Robinson
b) Robert Burns Woodward
c) Adolf Von Baeyer
d) Victor Grignard
a) Sir Robert Robinson
- Benzyl chloride is reacted with different nucleophiles (HO–, CH3COO–, PhO–, CH3O–).
Arrange them in the decreasing order of reactivity with Benzyl chloride.
a) CH3O– > HO– > PhO– > CH3COO–
b) HO– > CH3O– > PhO– > CH3COO–
c) HO– > PhO– > CH3O– > CH3COO–
d) CH3COO– > CH3O– > HO– > PhO–
b) HO– > CH3O– > PhO– > CH3COO–
- Electrons movement take place from __________
a) positively to negatively components
b) negatively to positively charged components
c) neutral to charged species
d) charged species to neutral
b) negatively to positively charged components
- Which species are formed due to Homolytic bond
breakage?
a) Anion
b) Cation
c) Free radical
d) Atoms
c) Free radical
- Which of the following type of reaction shows
heterolytic bond cleavage?
a) SN1 reaction
b) Addition reaction
c) Elimination reaction
d) Free radical halogenation
d) Free radical halogenation
- Which of the following statement is incorrect about
nucleophiles?
a) Nucleophiles have an unshared electron pair and canmake use of this to react with an electron deficient species
b) The nucleophilicity of an element (an electron donor) generally increases on going down a group in the periodic table
c) A nucleophile is electron-deficient species
d) All good nucleophiles are good bases when we deal
across the period
c) A nucleophile is electron-deficient species
- What is the correct order of nucleophilicity in the
following options?
a) (CH3)3CO– > CH3–
b) CH3S– > CH3SH
c) CH3CH2CH2O– < (CH3)3CO–
d) (CH3CH2)3N > (CH3CH2)3P
b) CH3S– > CH3SH
- Nitro group is meta-directing in electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions?
a) increases electron density at meta-position
b) increases electrons density at ortho and para-positions
c) decreases electron density at meta-position
d) decreases electron density at ortho and para-positions
d) decreases electron density at ortho and para-positions
- The relative rates of nucleophilic substitution for the given substrates are as follows:
Compound Approx. Relative rate
CH3CH2Br 1.0
CH3CH2CH2Br 0.28
(CH3)2CHCH2Br 0.030
(CH3)3 CCH2Br 0.00000042
Which of the following statement is correct?
a) Each of the above reactions is likely to be SN2
b) Each of the above reactions is likely to be SN1
c) First two reactions follow SN2 and next two reactions follow SN1 pathway
d) There is no role of “steric factor”
a) Each of the above reactions is likely to be SN2
- Which of the following order is incorrect for the rate of E2 reaction?
a) 5-Bromocycloheptene > 4-Bromocycloheptene
b) 2-Bromo- I -phenylbutane > 3-Bromo- I-phenylbutane
c) 3-Bromocyclohexene > Bromocyclohexane
d) 3-Bromo-2-methylpentane > 2-Bromo-4-methylpentane
a) 5-Bromocycloheptene > 4-Bromocycloheptene
- Which of the following statement is correct?
a) E2 is a concerted reaction in which bonds break and
new bonds form at the same time in a single step
b) Order of reactivity of alkyl halides towards E2
dehydrohalogenation is found to be 3o > 2o > 1o
c) In E2 elimination different stereoisomer (diastereomer) converts into different stereo product
d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
- Which of the following organic compound with
molecular formula C3H C12 exhibits only one signal in the IH NMR spectrum?
a) 2, 2-dichloropropane
b) 1, 2-dichloropropane
c) 1, 3-dichloropropane
d) 1, 1-dichloropropane
a) 2, 2-dichloropropane
- The 1H NMR spectrum of CH3OCHCICH2Cl will exhibit ________
a) A three proton doublet. One proton singlet and a two proton doublet
b) A three proton singlet. One proton singlet and a two
proton doublet
c) A three proton singlet. One proton triplet and a two
proton doublet
d) A three proton triplet. One proton triplet and a two
proton triplet
c) A three proton singlet. One proton triplet and a two
proton double
- Which of the following 1H-NMR spectrum of compound with molecular formula C4H9NO2 shows delta 5.30 (broad, IH), 4.10(q, 2H), 2.80 (d, 3H), 1.20 (t, 3H) ppm?
a) CH3NHCOOCH2CH3
b) CH3CH2NHCOOCH3
c) CH3OCH2CONHCH3
d) CH3CH2OCH2CONH2
a) CH3NHCOOCH2CH3
- Which of the compound show only one signal is present in the PMR spectra ?
a) C3H4, C3H6
b) C4H6, C5H12
a) CH3–CH2–O–CH2–CH3
c) C8H18, C2H6O
d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
- Which of the following has three types of hydrogens in the following compounds?
a) Br-CH = CH2
b) CH3 – CH2 – CH3
c) C6H5CH2
d) CH3– CH2 – CH(CH3) – N02
a) Br-CH = CH2
- How many Hertz does 1 ppm correspond to for an PMR spectrometer operating at a radio frequency of 60 MHz and 100 MHz?
a) 6 Hz, 10 Hz
b) 60 Hz, 100 Hz
c) 100 Hz, 60 Hz
d) 10Hz, 100Hz
b) 60 Hz, 100 Hz
- What is the value of gyramagnetic ratio of proton?
a) 41.10 radian/Tesla
b) 42.57 MHz/Tesla
c) 26.75 radian/Tesla
d) 41.10 MHz/Tesla
b) 42.57 MHz/Tesla
- The distance between the centers of the peaks of
doublet is called as?
a) Coupling constant
b) Spin constant
c) Spin-spin coupling
d) Chemical shift
a) Coupling constant
- Compound C4H10O gave PMR spectrum consisting of two groups of lines (multiplets) with relative intensities in the ratio 3 : 2. Other compound of the same formula exhibited two lines with relative area of 9 : 1. What are these compounds.
a) Diethyl ether and n-butanol
b) t-Butyl alcohol and 1-Methoxypropane
c) diethyl ether and t-Butyl alcohol
d) Diethyl ether and 2-Methoxypropane
c) diethyl ether and t-Butyl alcohol
- H2, CH4, C2H6 and C6H6 exhibit which PMR spectra?
a) Singlet
b) Doublet
c) Triplet
d) Quintet
a) Singlet