Spot the false statement

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. False statement

   Alcohols boil lower than haloalkanes

   Statements

   1. Alcohols boil lower than haloalkanes
   2. Alcohols hydrogen bond with water
   3. Branching lowers the boiling point

2. False statement

   Reimer-Tiemann needs no chloroform

   Statements

   1. Williamson makes ethers from alkyl halides
   2. Reimer-Tiemann needs no chloroform
   3. Kolbe uses carbon dioxide on phenoxide

3. False statement

   Solubility rises with a bigger alkyl group

   Statements

   1. Tertiary alcohols turn Lucas turbid at once
   2. Lucas reagent is conc HCl with ZnCl2
   3. Solubility rises with a bigger alkyl group

4. False statement

   Benzylic means next to a double bond

   Statements

   1. Benzylic means next to a double bond
   2. Dehydration of an alcohol gives an alkene
   3. Allylic means next to a double bond

Instructions

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

Explanation