Alcohols, Phenols & ethers

What is the product of acid-catalyzed hydration of propene?

What are the reagents used in Hydroboration-Oxidation?

Does Hydroboration-Oxidation follow Markovnikov or Anti-Markovnikov addition?

What is the product when a Grignard reagent reacts with Formaldehyde ( $HCHO$ )?

What is the product when a Grignard reagent reacts with a Ketone ( $RCOR'$ )?

Which reducing agent is used to convert carboxylic acids to alcohols?

Is $NaBH_4$ strong enough to reduce esters to alcohols?

What product is formed from the hydrolysis of a Diazonium salt?

What are the two products obtained from the Cumene process?

How is phenol prepared from Benzene Sulphonic acid?

Why do alcohols have higher boiling points than comparable hydrocarbons?

Compare the boiling points of isomeric alcohols (primary, secondary, tertiary).

Why are lower alcohols soluble in water?

What is the order of acidity for $1^\circ$ , $2^\circ$ , and $3^\circ$ alcohols?

Why is phenol more acidic than ethanol?

What is the effect of an electron-withdrawing group (like $-NO_2$ ) on phenol acidity?

Which is more acidic: o-cresol or phenol?

Arrange in increasing acidity: Ethanol, Phenol, Water.

What is the role of Pyridine in the reaction of alcohol with acid chloride?

What is the Lucas Reagent?

What observation distinguishes $3^\circ$ alcohols in the Lucas Test?

What is the mechanism of dehydration of alcohols to alkenes?

What is the product of heating Ethanol with Conc. $H_2SO_4$ at 443 K?

What is the product of heating Ethanol with Conc. $H_2SO_4$ at 413 K?

What does PCC (Pyridinium Chlorochromate) oxidize primary alcohols to?

What does $KMnO_4$ oxidize primary alcohols to?

What happens when vapors of a $3^\circ$ alcohol are passed over heated $Cu$ at 573 K?

Why is $SOCl_2$ preferred for preparing alkyl chlorides from alcohols?

What is the product of Phenol reacting with dilute $HNO_3$ ?

What is the product of Phenol reacting with Concentrated $HNO_3$ ?

What is observed when Bromine water is added to Phenol?

What product forms if Phenol reacts with $Br_2$ in $CS_2$ at low temp?

What are the reagents for Kolbe's Reaction?

What is the major product of Kolbe's Reaction?

What are the reagents for Reimer-Tiemann Reaction?

What is the electrophile in the Reimer-Tiemann Reaction?

What is the major product of the Reimer-Tiemann Reaction?

What is formed when Phenol is heated with Zinc dust?

What forms when Phenol is oxidized by $Na_2Cr_2O_7$ / $H_2SO_4$ ?

What is the mechanism of Williamson Synthesis?

What is the limitation of Williamson Synthesis regarding the alkyl halide?

Can Anisole be prepared from Chlorobenzene and Sodium Methoxide?

What forms when Anisole reacts with $HI$ ?

Why does the cleavage of Anisole give Phenol and not Iodobenzene?

What are the products of the reaction of t-butyl methyl ether with $HI$ ?

Is the alkoxy group ( $-OR$ ) ortho-para directing or meta directing?

What forms upon Friedel-Crafts methylation of Anisole?

What is the IUPAC name of Glycerol?

What is the common name for Benzene-1,2-diol?

What is the structure of p-Cresol?

What is the IUPAC name for $CH_3-O-CH_2-CH_3$ ?

Which reagent distinguishes Phenol from Ethanol?

How does the Iodoform test distinguish alcohols?

Why are o-nitrophenol and p-nitrophenol separable by steam distillation?

In the acid-catalyzed dehydration of ethanol, what is the slow step?

What is "Denatured Alcohol"?

How is Ethanol obtained commercially?

What is the starting material for the manufacture of Aspirin?

What is the chemical name of Aspirin?

Why does the reaction of $1^\circ$ ether with $HI$ follow $S_N2$ mechanism?