Question

Reaction of a carbonyl compound with one of the following reagents involves nucleophilic addition followed by the elimination of water. The reagents is

A. a Grignard reagent
B. hydrazine in presence of feebly acidic solution  
C. hydrocyanic acid
D. sodium hydrogen sulphite
Answer :   hydrazine in presence of feebly acidic solution
Solution :
Reaction of carbonyl compounds with one of the following reagents involves nucleophilic addition followed by elimination of water.
The reagent is hydrazine in presence of feebly acidic solution.
For example, the reaction between acetone and hydrazine to form hydrazone is shown below.
Aldehyde and Ketone mcq solution image

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Releted Question 1

The reagent with which both acetaldehyde and acetone react easily is

A. Fehling’s reagent
B. Grignard reagent
C. Schiff’s reagent
D. Tollen’s reagent
Releted Question 2

The Cannizzaro reaction is not given by

A. trimethylacetaldehye
B. acetaldehyde
C. benzaldehyde
D. formaldehyde
Releted Question 3

The compound that will not give iodoform on treatment with alkali and iodine is :

A. acetone
B. ethanol
C. diethyl ketone
D. isopropyl alcohol
Releted Question 4

Polarisation of electrons in acrolein may be written as

A. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} = CH - \mathop {CH}\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} = O$$
B. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} = CH - CH = \mathop O\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} $$
C. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} = \mathop {CH}\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} - CH = O$$
D. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} = CH - CH = \mathop O\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} $$

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