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Which of the following statements is not correct about methanol?

  1. It is used for drinking purposes.

  2. It is highly poisonous compound.
  3. It can be prepared by reduction of formaldehyde with $LiAlH _4$

  4. It is miscible with water in all proportions.
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A Correct answer
Explanation
Methanol can not be used for drinking purposes as it is highly poisonous compound.
It can be prepared by reduction of formaldehyde with $LiAlH _4$ as :
$HCHO+LiAlH _4 \rightarrow CH _3OH$
It can form hydrogen bond with water and that makes it miscible with water in all proportion.
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Methanol can be distinguished from ethanol by the following except :

  1. Reaction with iodine and alkali
  2. Reaction with salicylic acid and ${ H } _{ 2 }{ SO } _{ 4 }$

  3. Reaction with Lucas reagent

  4. Boiling point
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Lucas reagent differentiates between primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols based on their reaction rates, but methanol and ethanol both react sluggishly or similarly under standard room conditions, making Lucas reagent ineffective for distinguishing them. The other methods, such as the iodoform test and boiling points, successfully differentiate methanol from ethanol.

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The organic compound which when mixed with ethyl alcohol, [ethanol], makes a spurious is:

  1. methanol

  2. methanoic acid

  3. methanal

  4. ethanoic acid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Alcohol is used in large qualities to produce alcoholic ilquiors or beverages throughout the world. Excessive drinking of it damages kidney and produces other vices. So, to refrain people from drinking it, government controls its production and supply . This is done by making it unfit for drinking by addituion of poisonous, substances like methanol, action, pyridine, $CuSO _4.$ It is called methylated spirit/denatured alcohol. 

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Methyl alcohol is treated with conc HI and red P. The main product obtained is ?

  1. $CH _3OH$
  2. $CH _4$
  3. $CH _2I _2$
  4. $PH _3$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
$HI$/Red P is one of the strongest reducing agents. So, it reduces all functional groups to yield alkanes. Hence, methanol gives methane.
$CH _{3}OH \, \overset{HI/Red\, P}\rightarrow \,CH _{4}$
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Which of the following is wood alcohol?

  1. $\displaystyle CH _{3}OH$
  2. $\displaystyle C _{2}H _{5}OH$

  3. 1-Butanol

  4. 2-Methyl -1-propanol
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, methyl hydrate, or wood spirits, is a chemical with the formula CH₃OH.


Methanol acquired the name wood alcohol because it was once produced chiefly by the destructive distillation of wood

Hence, the correct option is $\text{A}$

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$(CO+H _{2})+H _{2}\overset {673k,300atm,/Cr _{2}O _{3}-ZnO} {\rightarrow}$ 
The above shown reaction may by used for manufacture of:

  1. $HCHO$
  2. $CH _{3}COOH$
  3. $HCOOH$
  4. $CH _{3}OH$
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Methanol is prepared on an industrial scale from a mixture of CO and H2. The mixture is subjected to 200atm pressure and passed over ZnO and Cr2O3 catalyst at 400 to 450 degrees celsius.

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Hydrolysis of an ester gives acid A and alcohol B. The acid reduces Fehlings solution. Oxidation of alcohol B gives acid A. The ester is:

  1. Mehthyl formate

  2. Ethyl formate

  3. Methyl acetate

  4. Ethyl acetate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A
A:- HCOOH
B:- $CH _{3}OH$
Therefore the ester is $HCOOCH _{3}$

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Methanol is now prepared from:

  1. water gas

  2. sugar through fermentation

  3. wood
  4. both $A$ and $B$
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D Correct answer
Explanation
On an industrial scale, methanol is predominantly produced from natural gas by reforming the gas with steam and then converting and distilling the resulting synthesized gas mixture to create pure methanol. The result is a clear, liquid, organic chemical that is water-soluble and readily biodegradable.
Some methanol can be produced during fermentation, but this is not derived from the ethanol or by carbohydrate oxidation. It is produced in small amounts, either by non-enzymatic reactions or through the reduction of formaldehyde.