List of practice Questions

How do you account for the formation of ethane during chlorination of methane?

Write down the products of ozonolysis of 1,2-dimethylbenzene (o-xylene). How does the result support Kekulé structure for benzene?

Write structures of all the alkenes which on hydrogenation give 2-methylbutane.

Write IUPAC names of the products obtained by the ozonolysis of the following compounds:

1. Pent-2-ene 
2. 3,4-Dimethyl-hept-3-ene 
3. 2-Ethylbut-1-ene
4. 1-Phenylbut-1-ene

An alkene 'A' on ozonolysis gives a mixture of ethanal and pentan-3-one. Write structure and IUPAC name of 'A'.

An alkene ‘A’ contains three C – C, eight C – H σ bonds and one C – C \(\pi\) bond. ‘A’ on ozonolysis gives two moles of an aldehyde of molar mass 44 u. Write IUPAC name of ‘A’.

Propanal and pentan-3-one are the ozonolysis products of an alkene? What is the structural formula of the alkene?

Draw the cis and trans structures of hex-2-ene. Which isomer will have higher b.p. and why?