Write chemical equations for what happens when:
(i) 2-methyl-2-proponal vapours are passed over heated copper.
(ii) A Triglyceride is treated with sodium hydroxide solution.
Give reasons for the following:
Phenol does not undergo protonation readily.
The lone pair on oxygen O-H in phenol is being shared with benzene ring through resonance. thus, a lone pair is not fully present on oxygen and hence phenols do not undergo protonation reactions.
Which alcohol is known as wood alcohol? How will you prepare it commercially? Give its one use?