Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Monochlorination of toluene in sunlight followed by hydrolysis by aq. \[\ce{NaOH}\] yields.
Options
o-Cresol
m-Cresol
2, 4-Dihydroxytoluene
Benzyl alcohol
Solution
Benzyl alcohol
Explanation:
Monochlorination of toluene in sunlight gives benzyl chloride. On hydrolysis with aq. \[\ce{NaOH}\], benzyl chloride shows nucleophilic substitution reaction to give benzyl alcohol.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
How will you convert: Propene to Propan-2-ol?
Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol.
Show how will you synthesize 1-phenylethanol from a suitable alkene.
How is the following conversion carried out?
\[\ce{Propene -> Propan-2-ol}\]
How is the following conversion carried out?
\[\ce{Methyl magnesium bromide → 2-Methylpropan-2-ol}\]
Benzaldehyde differs from acetaldehyde in that:
Commercially carboxylic acids are reduced to alcohols by converting them to the ______.
The best reagent to convert pent 3 – en 2 – 01 into pent 3 – in – 2 – one is
The major product of acid catalysed dehydration of 1-methylcyclohexanol is ______.
For distinction between \[\ce{CH3CHO}\] and \[\ce{C6H5CHO}\] the reagent used is ______.
