Uttarakhand PMT Uttarakhand PMT Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    At 530 K, glycerol reacts with oxalic acid to produce:

    A)  allyl alcohol  

    B)  formic acid

    C)  glyceraldehyde

    D)  formaldehyde

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Oxalic acid on reaction with glycerol at 530 K temperature furnish allyl alcohol. \[\underset{(Glycerol}{\mathop{\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  | \\  C{{H}_{2}}-OH \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix}  C{{H}_{2}}-OH \\  | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{CH-OH}}}\,}}\,+COOH.COOH\xrightarrow[{}]{530K}\underset{allyl\text{ }alcohol}{\mathop{\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  | \\  C{{H}_{2}}OH \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix}  C{{H}_{2}} \\  |\,| \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}}}}\,}}\,\]


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