JEE Advanced Chemistry: Aldehydes Ketones Carboxylic Acids Practice Questions

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  1. Q1.
    Which reagent is used to convert a carboxylic acid into an acid chloride?
    Easy
  2. Q2.
    Which compound will give a positive iodoform test?
    Easy
  3. Q3.
    What is the product formed when propanone reacts with hydrogen cyanide?
    Easy
  4. Q4.
    What is the product of the Cannizzaro reaction of formaldehyde?
    Easy
  5. Q5.
    Which compound will show the highest reactivity towards nucleophilic addition by cyanide ion?
    Medium
  6. Q6.
    What is the product of the reaction between propanal and dilute sodium hydroxide at room temperature?
    Medium
  7. Q7.
    Which of the following compounds will undergo the haloform reaction when treated with iodine and sodium hydroxide?
    Medium
  8. Q8.
    Which reagent is most suitable for the conversion of benzaldehyde to benzyl alcohol without affecting other functional groups like an ester?
    Medium
  9. Q9.
    Predict the major product of the reaction between benzaldehyde and acetophenone in the presence of dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide.
    Hard
  10. Q10.
    Which of the following reagents will selectively reduce the aldehyde group in the presence of a ketone group in a molecule containing both?
    Hard
  11. Q11.
    Consider the reaction of 2-methylcyclohexanone with LDA at -78 degrees Celsius followed by treatment with methyl iodide. Which of the following statements corre
    Hard
  12. Q12.
    Which compound will undergo the haloform reaction most rapidly?
    Hard

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