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561.

Alkyl cyanides undergo Stephen reduction to produce

  • aldehyde

  • secondary amine

  • primary amine

  • amide


A.

aldehyde

An alkyl cyanide is dissolved in ether or better in ethyl formate or ethyl acetate, and reduced with SnCl2 and HCl, and then steam distilled. This whole process is called Stephen reaction. In this process alkyl cyanide is reduced to aldehyde.

CH3-CN + 2[H] + HCl etherSnCl2 + HCl 

There is no analogous method for the preparation of ketones.


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562.

Reaction of PCl3 and PhMgBr would give

  • bromobenzene

  • chlorobenzene

  • triphenylphosphine

  • dichlorobenzene


563.

Ethylene glycol gives oxalic acid on oxidation with

  • acidified K2Cr2O7

  • acidified KMnO4

  • alkaline KMnO4

  • periodic acid


564.

A Wittig reaction with an aldehyde gives

  • ketone compound

  • a long chain fatty acid

  • olefin compound

  • epoxide


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565.

Cannizaro reaction is given by

  • HCHO

  • >C(OH)COOH

  • >CHCH2CHO

  • CH3CH2OH


566.

Identify the reactant.

  • H2O

  • HCHO

  • CO

  • CH3CHO


567.

Maleic acid and fumaric acid are

  • position isomers

  • geometric isomers

  • enantiomers

  • functional isomers


568.

Aldol condensation is given by

  • trimethylacetaldehyde

  • acetaldehyde

  • benzaldehyde

  • formaldehyde


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569.

Give the IUPAC name for

H3C-CH2-CO-H2C-CH2-CO-OCH3

  • ethyl-4-oxoheptanoate

  • methyl-4-oxoheptanoate

  • ethyl-4-oxohexanoate

  • methyl-4-oxohexanoate


570.

The catalyst used in Rosenmund reaction is :

  • Zn/ Hg

  • Pd / BaSO4

  • Raney Ni

  • Na in ethanol


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