Preparation of Carboxylic Acids
Study the methods for preparing carboxylic acids, including oxidation, hydrolysis, and Grignard reactions with CO₂.
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Questions often focus on reagents, reaction types, and distinguishing between preparation routes.
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These are real questions from past NEET papers that test this exact idea.
Select the incorrect reaction among the following. (a) CH₃COCl \xrightarrow{H₂O} CH₃COOH (b) CONH₂ (i) LiAlH₄ (ii) H₂O COOH (c) CH₃CH₂OH \xrightarrow{(i) KMnO₄/OH⁻} CH₃COOH (ii) H₃O⁺ (d) CH₃CH₂CH₂OH \xrightarrow{CrO₃-H₂SO₄} CH₃CH₂COOH
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More challenging7 harder questions built from the past papers above — a step up in difficulty, with distractors designed so you can't get there by elimination. Written and checked by our reviewers, not from a real paper.
A student performs a reaction where methyl benzoate is first hydrolyzed under acidic conditions. The resulting mixture of organic compounds is then treated with LiAlH₄. What are the final organic products expected?
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