Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Alcohols, phenols and ethers — nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties; identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration; acidic nature of phenols; aldehydes and ketones — nomenclature, preparation, properties, mechanism of nucleophilic addition; aldol and Cannizzaro reactions; carboxylic acids and derivatives.
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Which of the following alcohols will give a positive iodoform test?
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Phenol reacts with concentrated nitric acid in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid to give:
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Which of the following alcohols will give a positive iodoform test?