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Organic Chemistry Questions and Answers – Reactions of Phenols | Organic Chemistry Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) Phenolphthalein is obtained by heating phenol with conc. H2SO4 and which of the following reactant?
[A] Benzyl alcohol
[B] Benzene
[C] Benzoic acid
[D] Phthalic anhydride
Answer: Phthalic anhydride
(2) Salicylaldehyde can be prepared from which of the following reactants?
[A] Phenol and chloroform
[B] Phenol, chloroform and sodium hydroxide
[C] Phenol, carbon tetrachloride and NaOH
[D] Phenol, carbon tetrachloride
Answer: Phenol, chloroform and sodium hydroxide

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(3) When phenol is treated with excess of bromine water, it gives which of the following product?
[A] m-bromophenol
[B] o-and p-bromophenol
[C] 2,4-dibromophenol
[D] 2,4,6-tribromophenol
Answer: 2,4,6-tribromophenol
(4) Phenol reacts with bromine in carbon disulphate at low temperature to give which of the following product?
[A] m-bromophenol
[B] o-and p-bromophenol
[C] p-bromophenol
[D] 2,4,6-tribromophenol
Answer: o-and p-bromophenol
(5) Bromine reacts with phenol and decolorize orange color and turns it to which of the colored precipitate?
[A] white precipitate
[B] pink precipitate
[C] blue precipitate
[D] black precipitate
Answer: white precipitate
(6) Which of the following regents may be used to distinguish between phenol and benzoic acid?
[A] Aqueous NaOH
[B] Tollen’s reagent
[C] Molisch reagent
[D] Neutral FeCl3
Answer: Neutral FeCl3
(7) What is the major product obtained on interaction of phenol with sodium hydroxide and carbon dioxide?
[A] Benzoic acid
[B] Salicyladehyde
[C] Salicylic acid
[D] Phthalic acid
Answer: Salicylic acid
(8) Picric acid is formed when phenol react with which of the following reactant?
[A] Formaldehyde
[B] Hydrogen
[C] Nitric acid
[D] Hydrochloric acid
Answer: Nitric acid
(9) Bakelite is formed when phenol react with which of the following reactant?
[A] Formaldehyde
[B] Hydrogen
[C] Nitric acid
[D] Sulphuric acid
Answer: Formaldehyde
(10) Phenol undergoes ionization to become more stable by reacting with which of the following chemical species?
[A] negative ions
[B] positive ions
[C] radicals
[D] neutral atoms
Answer: negative ions

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