Reaction Mechanism
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The reagent, from the following, which converts benzoic acid to benzaldehyde in one step is




The number of non-ionisable protons present in the product B obtained from the following reactions is__.
C2H5OH+PCl3→C2H5Cl+A
A+PCl3→B

Reaction (I) is of 1st order and reaction (II) is of 2nd order
Reaction (I) and (II) both are 2nd order
Reaction (I) is of 1st order and reaction (II) is of 1st order
Reaction (I) is of 2nd order and reaction (II) is of 1st order











“A” obtained by Ostwald’s method involving air oxidation of , upon further air oxidation produces “B”. “B” on hydration forms an oxoacid of Nitrogen along with evolution of “A”. The oxoacid also produces “A” and gives positive brown ring test.
(A) Over all order of this reaction is one
(B) Order of this reaction can't be determined
(C) In region I and III, the reaction is of first and zero order respectively
(D) In region-II, the reaction is of first order
(E) In region-II, the order of reaction is in the range of 0.1 to 0.9.
Following chromatogram was developed by adsorption of compound 'A' on a 6 cm TLC glass plate. Retardation factor of the compound 'A' is_____ .
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Lyman | I | Near IR |
| B | Balmer | II | Far IR |
| C | Paschen | III | Visible |
| D | p-fund | IV | UV |
Statement I: Phenol on treatment with under refluxing condition, followed by acidification produces p-hydroxy benzaldehyde as the major product and o-hydroxy benzaldehyde as the minor product.
Statement II: The mixture of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde and o-hydroxybenzaldehyde can be easily separated through steam distillation.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
Statement I: The dipole moment of R–CN is greater than R–NC and R–NC can undergo hydrolysis under acidic medium to produce R–COOH.
Statement II: R–CN hydrolyses under acidic medium to produce a compound which on treatment with SOCl , followed by the addition of NH gives another compound (X). This compound (X) on treatment with NaOCl/NaOH gives a product, that on treatment with CHCl /KOH/ produces R–NC.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
The correct order of the rate of reaction of the following reactants with nucleophile by mechanism is:
(Given: Structures I and II are rigid) 
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