Question

Which one of the following is reduced with zinc and hydrochloric acid to give the corresponding hydrocarbon?

A. Acetamide
B. Acetic acid
C. Ethyl acetate
D. Butan - 2 - one  
Answer :   Butan - 2 - one
Solution :
It is Clemmensen’s reduction
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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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