Spot the false statement

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. False statement

   Lower alkanes nitrate readily

   Statements

   1. Alkanes are almost non-polar
   2. Alkanes are generally inert to acids
   3. Lower alkanes nitrate readily

2. False statement

   The peroxide effect works with HCl too

   Statements

   1. The peroxide effect works with HCl too
   2. Peroxide effect reverses Markovnikov
   3. Pyrolysis is a free radical reaction

3. False statement

   Bond lengths change between conformers

   Statements

   1. Incomplete combustion gives carbon black
   2. Bond lengths change between conformers
   3. Wurtz gives even numbered alkanes

4. False statement

   Ethyne carbons are sp3 hybridised

   Statements

   1. Cycloalkanes are closed chains
   2. Alkyl groups lose one hydrogen
   3. Ethyne carbons are sp3 hybridised

Instructions

Two statements are true and one is false. Tap the false one.

Explanation