BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2011

  • question_answer
    lodoform can be prepared from all except

    A)  acetaldehyde

    B)  3-methyl-2-butanone

    C)  iso-butyl alcohol

    D)  acetophenone

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Compounds containing either \[\text{C}{{\text{H}}_{3}}\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-\]group or \[C{{H}_{3}}\underset{OH}{\mathop{\underset{|}{\mathop{CH}}\,}}\,-\] group give yellow coloured compound, iodoform, when treated with \[{{\text{I}}_{\text{2}}}\]and NaOH. \[\text{C}{{\text{H}}_{3}}COC{{H}_{3}}+3{{I}_{2}}+4NaOH\xrightarrow{{}}\] \[\underset{\text{iodoform}}{\mathop{CH{{I}_{3}}}}\,+C{{H}_{3}}COONa+3{{H}_{2}}O+3NaI\]


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