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1

Compared to alcohols phenols have?
A)a more acidic hydrogen.
B)a less acidic hydrogen.
C)a more basic oxygen.
D)a less basic oxygen.
E)A and C.
F)A and D.
G)none of the above.
2

How are the physical properties of phenols affected by the hydroxyl group?
A)higher boiling points.
B)higher melting points.
C)increased solubility in polar solvents (i.e. water).
D)large intermolecular interactions.
E)all of the above.
3

The acidity of phenols is?
A)greater than alkyl halides but less than amines.
B)greater than amines but less than alcohols.
C)greater than alcohols but less than carboxylic acids.
D)equal to carboxylic acids.
E)greater than carboxylic acids.
4

The acidity of phenols is increased by?
A)electron donating groups in the ortho and/or para positions.
B)electron donating groups in the meta positions.
C)electron withdrawing groups in the ortho and/or para positions.
D)electron withdrawing groups in the meta positions.
E)A and D.
F)B and C.
5

The phenols react by?
A)acting as nucleophiles in a reaction.
B)acting as electrophiles in a reaction.
C)reagents act on phenols as electrophiles.
D)reagents act on phenols as nucleophiles.
E)A and C.
F)A and D.
G)B and C.
H)B and D.
6

The hydroxyl group of a phenol is?
A)o,p directing and activating.
B)o,p directing an deactivating.
C)m directing and activating.
D)m directing and deactivating.
E)none of the above.
7

The Fries rearrangement is?
A)the conversion of an aromatic acid to an aromatic ether.
B)the conversion of an aromatic acid to an aromatic ketone.
C)the conversion of an aromatic amide to an aromatic ketone.
D)the conversion of an aromatic ester to an aromatic ketone.
E)the conversion of an aromatic ester to an aromatic acid.
8

The Kolbe-Schmitt reaction is?
A)a means to prepare an aromatic ester from an alkyl halide.
B)a means to prepare an aromatic ester from a phenol.
C)a means to prepare an aromatic amide from an alkyl halide.
D)a means to prepare an aromatic acid from a phenol.
E)a means to prepare an aromatic amide from a phenol.
9

The Claisen rearrangement is?
A)the conversion of an aromatic acid to an aromatic ether.
B)the conversion of an aromatic ether to a phenol.
C)the conversion of an aromatic amide to a phenol.
D)the conversion of an aromatic ester to an aromatic ketone.
E)the conversion of an aromatic ester to an phenol.
10

Which statement about the oxidation of phenols is false?
A)it is common for 1,2 and 1,4 benzenediols.
B)it is a one step, two electron, process.
C)easily accomplished with silver oxide or chromic acid.
D)produces conjugated dione compounds.
E)is a common and very important process in nature.





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