JEE Main Carbonyl Compounds, Carboxylic Acids and Amines questions with solutions
Aldol, Cannizzaro and haloform reactions, carboxylic acid derivatives, amine basicity and diazonium salts. 25 questions from our 2016–2025 JEE Main pattern papers, from the Class 12 Chemistry syllabus. Each has the answer and a full solution.
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- Acetaldehyde is treated with excess formaldehyde in the presence of concentrated NaOH. The organic products formed are
- Compound A (C8H9NO) on treatment with Br2/KOH gives B. B reacts with NaNO2/HCl at 273 K with evolution of N2 to give C, and C on oxidation with…
- Among all the isomeric amines of molecular formula C7H9N that contain a benzene ring, the number of isomers that give a positive carbylamine test and…
- The number of compounds among ethanol, propan-2-ol, acetophenone, pentan-3-one, acetaldehyde, butan-2-one, benzaldehyde, propan-1-ol and…
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JEE Main 2021
- Arrange the following in the correct order of basic strength in aqueous solution: NH3, C2H5NH2, (C2H5)2NH, (C2H5)3N
- Toluene is oxidised with alkaline KMnO4 followed by acidification to give A. A is heated with SOCl2 to give B, B reacts with excess NH3 to give C…
- A ketone X (C5H10O) forms an orange precipitate with 2,4-DNP but gives neither a yellow precipitate with I2/NaOH nor a silver mirror with Tollens'…
- Benzaldehyde is treated with half its molar amount of acetone in the presence of dilute NaOH with heating, so that both α-positions of acetone…
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JEE Main 2016
- 10.6 g of benzaldehyde and 2.9 g of acetone are stirred with dilute aqueous NaOH and ethanol, giving dibenzalacetone (C17H14O) in 80% yield. Taking…
- A compound C7H9N gives an alkali-soluble product with benzenesulfonyl chloride, forms an orange dye when diazotised at 273 K and added to alkaline…
- Propanoic acid is treated successively with (i) Br2 / red P, then H2O; (ii) excess NH3; (iii) NaNO2 / dilute HCl at 273 K. The final organic product…
Other Chemistry topics
Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers and Haloalkanes 16Atomic Structure 12Biomolecules and Polymers 14Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure 14Chemical Equilibrium 10Chemical Kinetics 13Chemical Thermodynamics 16Coordination Compounds 18Electrochemistry 18General Organic Chemistry and Isomerism 13Hydrocarbons 16Ionic Equilibrium 11Mole Concept and Stoichiometry 12Periodic Properties 9Qualitative and Practical Chemistry 8Redox Reactions and Titrations 9Solutions, Solid State and Surface Chemistry 19d- and f-Block Elements and Metallurgy 14s-Block, p-Block Elements and Hydrogen 23