Organic Chemistry Questions and Answers – Prepartions of Glycols

This set of Organic Chemistry Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Prepartions of Glycols”.

1. Which of the following reagent can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol?
Find the reagent used to carry out the synthesis of glycol
a) Benedict reagent
b) Baeyer’s reagent
c) Barfoed reagent
d) Seliwanoff reagent
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Answer: b
Explanation: Cold dilute alkaline solution of Bayer’s reagent can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol.
Cold dilute alkaline solution of Bayer’s reagent used to carry out synthesis of glycol

2. Which of the following is the industrial method of formation of glycol?
a) Hydroxylation of alkene by Bayer’s reagent
b) From 1,2-dibromoethane
c) Oxidation of ethylene and using Ag as catalyst
d) Ethylene treatment with HOCl
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Answer: c
Explanation: In the industrial preparation of ethylene glycol, ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is oxidized to ethylene oxide (IUPAC name: oxirane) using oxygen and a silver catalyst. Ethylene oxide is then reacted with water at high temperature or in the presence of an acid catalyst to produce ethylene glycol. Diethylene glycol is a useful by-product of this process.
The industrial method of formation of glycol is Oxidation of ethylene & using Ag

3. Which type of product is formed when Cold dilute alkaline solution of Bayer’s reagent reacts with alkene?
a) Syn-glyol
b) Syn- and anti-geometry will not be there in glycol
c) Anti-glyol
d) Trans glycol
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Answer: a
Explanation: On hydroxylation product is formed when Cold dilute alkaline solution of Bayer’s reagent reacts with alkene is syn-glycol.
Type of product is formed when Cold alkaline of Bayer’s reagent reacts is Syn-glyol
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4. Which of the following statement is not true about preparation of alcohol?
a) French chemist Charles-Adolphe Wurtz (1817–1884) first prepared ethylene glycol in 1856
b) First synthesis of glycol was from “ethylene iodide” (C2H4I2) with silver acetate and then hydrolyzed the resultant “ethylene diacetate” with potassium hydroxide
c) It was synthesized from ethylene dichloride in Germany and used as a substitute for glycerol in the explosives industry
d) There is no biological process for the synthesis of glycol
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Answer: d
Explanation: Glycol can be synthesised biologically, example: The caterpillar of the Greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, has gut bacteria with the ability to degrade polyethylene (PE) into ethylene glycol.

5. What will be the compound A which can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol?
Find the compound A which can be used to carry out the synthesis of glycol
a) RCOR’
b) RCO2OH
c) RCHO
d) RCOOH
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Answer: b
Explanation: A peroxy acid can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol as shown in below reaction.
A peroxy acid can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol as shown in below
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6. What will be the catalyst A which can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol?
Find the catalyst A which can be used to carry out the synthesis of glycol
a) Catalyst Cu, 200 – 400℃
b) Catalyst Pt, 100 – 200℃
c) Catalyst Ni, 200 – 400℃
d) Catalyst Ag, 200 – 400℃
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Answer: d
Explanation: Catalyst Ag at 200 – 400℃ can be used to carry out this synthesis of glycol as shown in below reaction.
Catalyst Ag at 200 – 400℃ can be used to carry out the synthesis of glycol as shown

7. What will be the product A and B for the given reaction?
The product A & B for the given reaction is Ethylene chlorohydrine, glycol
a) ethane, glycol
b) glycol, ethylene chlorohydrine
c) Ethylene chlorohydrine, glycol
d) ethan-1-ol, Glycol
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Answer: c
Explanation: The product A and B for the given reaction are Ethylene chlorohydrine and glycol respectively.
The product A & B for the given reaction are Ethylene chlorohydrine & glycol

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8. Which compound is used with 1,2- dibromoethane for the formation of glycol?
a) Na2CO3
b) NaHCO3
c) NaOH
d) CH3COONa
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Answer: a
Explanation: Na2CO3 compound is used with 1,2- dibromoethane for the formation of glycol, as shown in given reaction.
Na2CO3 compound is used with 1,2- dibromoethane for the formation of glycol

9. Which of the following is the most convenient and inexpensive method of formation of glycol?
a) Hydroxylation of alkene by Bayer’s reagent
b) From 1,2-dibromoethane
c) Oxidation of ethylene and using Ag as catalyst
d) Ethylene treatment with HOCl
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Answer: a
Explanation: The most convenient and inexpensive method of preparing a glycol in the laboratory is to react an alkene with cold dilute potassium permanganate, KMnO4. Yields from this reaction are often poor and better yields are obtained using osmium tetroxide, OsO4. However, this reagent has the disadvantages of being expensive and toxic.
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10. Which of the following is not a method of preparation of glycol?
a) Shell’s omega method
b) From carbon monoxide
c) From Dimethyl oxalate
d) From nitrogen
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Answer: d
Explanation: In the OMEGA process, the ethylene oxide is first converted with carbon dioxide (CO2) to ethylene carbonate. Ethylene glycol is produced from carbon monoxide in countries with large coal reserves and less stringent environmental regulations. Dimethyl oxalate can be converted into ethylene glycol in high yields (94.7%) by hydrogenation with a copper catalyst.

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