Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Question:

Case: Read the passage and answer the following questions

Alcohol can be prepared in many ways. Alcohols are prepared from alkenes by acid catalysed hydration and by hydroboration–oxidation. Alcohols are even prepared from ketones and aldehydes by reduction. The reduction of carboxylic acid and ester leads to the formation of alcohol. Alcohols are produced by the reaction of Grignard reagents with aldehydes and ketones. Phenol, also known as carbolic acid, was first isolated in the early nineteenth century from coal tar. Nowadays, phenol is commercially produced synthetically. In the laboratory, phenols are prepared from benzene derivatives in many ways.

Which of the following reacts with fused NaOH to give phenol?
Options:
Chloropentane
Chlorohexane
Chlorobenzene
Bromohexane
Correct Answer:
Chlorobenzene
Explanation:
Chlorobenzene is fused with NaOH at 623K and 320 atmospheric pressure. Phenol is obtained by acidification of sodium phenoxide so produced.