Preparation of haloalkanes - class-XII
Preparation of haloalkanes from alcohols using phosphorus halides (PCl3, PCl5, PBr3) including identification of reagents, products, and byproducts
Questions
An organic halide ,${C _2}{H _4}C{l _2}$ gives an unsaturated hydrocarbon on treatment with aloc .KOH,but ethanal on reaction with aq. KOH, the halide is:
- $C{H _3}CHC{l _2}$
- $C{H _2}ClC{H _2}Cl$
- a mixture of (a) and (b)
- none of these
Preparation of alkylhalides by the reaction of alcohols and phosporous halide is _____ reaction.
- nucleophilic substitution
- electrophilic substitution
- addition
- elimination
For the preparation of chloroethane,
- $HCl$ gas is passed through ethanol.
- ethanol is treated with thionyl chloride in the presence of dimethyl amine or pyridine.
- ethyl sulphide is treated with hydrogen chloride.
- any of the above methods can be employed.
$C _2H _5OH+PCl _5\rightarrow $
In the above reaction which of the following alky halide is formed?
- $C _2H _5-Cl$
- $C _2H _5CH _2-Cl$
- $C _2H _5CH _2CH _2-Cl$
- None of the above
$R-OH+PCl _5\rightarrow A+B+C$.Identify A,B & C.
- $RCl+POCl _2+HCl$
- $R-Cl+POCl _3+HCl$
- $R-Cl+POCl+HCl$
- $C _2H _5Cl+POCl _3+PCl _3$
- $C _2H _5Br$
- $CH _3C _2H _5Br$
- $CH _2CH _2CH _2CH _2-Cl$
- None of the above
- $H _3PO _2$
- $H _3PO _3$
- $H _3PO _4$
- $POCl _3$
Which of the following is the byproduct when $R-OH$ is reacted with $PCl _3$?
- $POCl _3$
- $H _3PO _3$
- $HCl$
- None of these
- $3C _2H _5-Cl+H _2O$
- $3C _2H _5-Cl+HCl$
- $3C _2H _5-Cl+H _3PO _3$
- $3C _2H _5-Cl+POCl _3$
In the following reaction which of the following are byproducts?
$C _2H _5OH+PCl _5\rightarrow $
- $POCl _3, HCl$
- $POCl _2, HCl$
- $PCl _3, HCl$
- None
- $PCl _3$
- $PCl _5$
- $POCl _3$
- $H _2PO _2$
By the action of $PCl _3$ or $PCl _5$ with alcohols alkyl halides and a by product $HCl$ is formed.The byproduct HCl is absorbed by using :
- $Et _3N,C _5H _5N$
- $Et _2NH,C _5H _5N$
- $Et _NH _2,C _5H _5N$
- $Et _3N,C _6H _5N$
Trimethyl amine used for _______ in the preparation of alkyl halide from alchohol and phosphorous halide.
- the absorption of hydrogen halide
- the release of Hydrogen halide
- as the catalyst
- none
What is the product formed when $CH _3CH _2CH _2CH _2-OH$ is reacted with $PCl _3$ in presence of trimethyl amine?
- $CH _3CH _2CH _2CH _2-Cl$
- $CH _3CH(CH _3)CH _2CH _2-Cl$
- $CH _3CH _2C(CH _3) _2CH _2-Cl$
- $CH _3CH _2CH _2CH _2CH _2CH _2-Cl$
$3C _2H _5OH+A\rightarrow C _2H _5Br+H _3PO _3$.Which of the following is A ?
- $PBr _3$
- $PBr _5$
- $POBr _3$
- None of the above
$CH _3CH _2C(CH _3) _2CH _2-OH+PCl _3\rightarrow A+H _3PO _4$. In the above reaction which of the following is A?
- $CH _3CH _2C(CH _3) _2CH _2-Cl$
- $CH _3CH _2CH(CH _3)CH _2-Cl$
- $CH _3CH _2CH _2CH _2-Cl$
- $CH _3CH(CH _3)C(CH _3) _2CH _2-Cl$
- $HPOX _3$
- $H _3PO _2$
- $H _3PO _3$
- $POX _3$
Bases like tri-ethyl amine and pyridine are used to:
- mop up the acidic byproduct
- crystallize alkyl halide
- evaporate alkyl halide
- none
Alkyl bromide is prepared by heating alcohol with ______ phosphorus in the presence of bromine gas.
- black
- white
- red
- none of these