Nomenclature & Isomerism
Nomenclature & Isomerism
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1. The number of primary, secondary and teritiary carbons in the following structures are respectively
(3) CH 3 C C C CH (4) CH 2 CH C CH
2 2
3. The number of sp – sp hybrid bonds in the following compound is
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9. The alicyclic compound is
(1) cyclohexane (2) benzene (3) pyrrole (4) hexane
10. The group of heterocyclic compound is
(1) phenol, furan (2) furan, thiophene (3) thiophene, phenol (4) furan, aniline
11. IUPAC name of (CH3)2CHCH(CH3)2 is –
(1) 2, 2-dimethylbutane (2) 2, 3-dimethylbutane (3) 2, 4-dimethylbutane (4) 1-methylpentane
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(3) 4-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid (4) 4-carboxypentanol-2
20. The IUPAC name for CH2 = CHCN is
(1) Vinyl cyanide (2) Cyanoethene
(3) Acrylonitrile (4) Prop-2-enenitrile
21. Which of the following represents neopentyl alcohol?
(1) CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH2OH (2) (CH3)3.C.CH2OH
(3) CH3CH2CH2CH2OH (4) CH3CH2CH(OH)CH2
22. All the following IUPAC names are correct except :
(1) 1-chloro-1-ethoxypropane (2) 1-amino-1-ethoxypropane
(3) 1-ethoxy-2-propanol (4) 1-ethoxy-1-propanamine
23. The correct name of ethoxy methane is -
(1) methoxy ethane (2) methyloxy eethane (3) ethyl methyloxy (4) all are correct
24. Which of the following is a primary alkyl halide?
(1) C6H5CHClCH3 (2) CH3CHClCH2CH3 (3) (CH3)2CHCH2Cl (4) (CH3)3CCl
25. Which of the following compound is wrongly named?
(1) 2-chloropentanoic acid
(1) phenyl ethanone (2) methyl phenyl ketone(3) acetophenone (4) phenyl methyl ketone
(1) 3-bromo-5-chloro-1-methylcyclohexanol
(3) 1-ethyl-2-methylcyclopent-1-ene
(4) 2-methylcyclohex-3-en-1-ol
(2) 6-methycyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxamide
(3) N-methyl-2-cyclohexylethanamide
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34. Amongest the following, the acceptable name as per IUPAC nomenclature is –
(1) pent-4-en-1-yne (2) pent-1-en-4-yne
(3) 2,2-dimethyl-4-ethylpentane (4) 3-hydroxybutan-1-ol
(1) all I, II, III are identical (2) all I, II, III are isomers
(3) I, II are identical, III is isomer (4) I is identical and II, III are isomer
42. A position isomer of 2-pentanone is -
(1) 3-pentanone (2) 3-methyl-2-butanone (3) 1-pentanal (4) 2, 2-dimethylpropanal
43. Total number of position isomers of dimethyl cyclohexane is -
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5
44. o-Cresol & benzyl alcohol are -
(1) functional isomers (2) position isomers
(3) chain isomers (4) all the above
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45. Which of the following pair of compounds are functional isomers
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58. Among the given compounds identify the pair of geometerical isomers :
(1) I & II (2) I & III (3) II & IV (4) III & IV
59. Geometrical isomerism is shown by :
60. Which of the following compounds does not have geometerical isomers :
(1) 2-pentenoic acid (2) 2-butenoic acid (3) 3-pentenoic acid (4) 3-butenoic acid
61. Which of the following compound can show geometerical isomerism
62. Which of the following compound can not show geometrical isomerism?
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68. The total number of geometrical isomers possible in following compound is :
71. Which of the following will form only one oxime on reaction with NH2OH solution?
(I) (II)
(1) dipole moment (2) boiling point (3) solubility in H2O (4) melting point
73. Following geometrical isomers physical property correct relationship is
&
(1) , (2) ,
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(3) , (4) ,
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85. Meso form of tartaric acid is
(1) dextrorotatory (2) laevorotatory
(3) neither laevo not dextro rotatory due to internal compensation
(4) a mixture of equal quantities of dextro and leavorotatory forms
86. The following two compounds are
and
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93. The correct IUPAC name of D-glucose is
(1) I and III (2) I and II (3) II and III (4) I and IV
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99. The number of optically active stereoisomers possible for butane -2, 3-diol
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
100. How many stereoisomers are there for tartaric acid
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 8
101. How many stereoisomers (geometrical and optical) are possible for the following compound
CH3CH = CHCH2CH(OH)COOH
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
102. The eclipsed and stanggered conformation of ethane is due to
(1) free rotation about C–C single bond (2) restricted rotation about C–C single bond
(3) absence of rotation about C–C bond (4) None
103. The two structures I and II represents
(1) configuration isomers (2) stereoisomers (3) constitutional isomers (4) identical
104. In the complete rotation of butane from 0° to 360° the gauche (straggered) conformation appears
(1) onec (2) twice (3) thrice (4) four times
105. Which of the following is associated with Torsional strain
(1) Repulsion between bond pair of electrons (2) inductive effect
(3) bond angle strain (4) attraction of opposite charges
106. In the given conformation C2 is rotated about C2 – C3 bond anticlockwise by an angle of 120º then the conformation
obtained is
(1) enantiomers (2) diastereomers (3) structural isomers (4) conformational isomers
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108. In the following structures, which two forms are staggered conformation of ethane
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114. Select the correct statements
(1) eclipsed and staggered ethanes give different products on reaction with chlorine in presence of light
(2) the confotmational isomers can be isolated at room temperature
(3) torsional strain in ethane is minimum at dihedral angles 60°, 180° and 300°
(4) steric strain is minimum in staggered gauche form of n-butane
115. Which of the following hydrocarbons give same product in hydrogenation
(1) 2-methyl hex-1-ene and 3-methyl hex-3-ene
(2) 3-ethyl hex-1-en-4-yne and 2-methylhept-2-en-4-yne
(3) 3-ethylcycloprop-1-ene and 1,2-dimethylcycloprop-1-ene
(4) 2-methylbut-2-ene and 3-methylbut-1-ene
EXERCISE -1 [ANSWER-SHEET]
Qus. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 4 1 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 3 4
Qus. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 3 4 1 2 4 4 2 3 1 3
Qus. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 3 1 3 1 1 2 3 4 3 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 4
Qus. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 1
Qus. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. 3 4 4 3 3 1 4 2 3 4 3 1 4 2 4 2 2 1 2 2
Qus. 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115
Ans. 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 4
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E X ER C I S E - 2
1. How many &bonds are present in CH3COOH
(1) 1, 7 (2) 5, 2 (3) 7, 1 (4) 3, 2
2. A vincinal diol has two alcoholic groups -
(1) On the same carbon (2) On adjacent carbon atoms
(3) On alternate carbon atoms (4) Anywhere along the carbon chain
3. The IUPAC name of glycerine is -
(1) Glycerol (2) 1, 2-Ethanediol
(3) propane-1, 2, 3- triol (4) 1, 2, 3-Trihydroxypropane
4. Phenol is also called :
(1) Salicylic acid (2) Benzyl alcohol (3) Carbolic acid (4) Salol
5. Picric acid is a yellow coloured compound. Its chemical is :
(1) Trinitrobenzene (2) 2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol
(3) Trinitrotoluene (4) Trinitroaniline
6. CH 3 CH CH C CH has IUPAC name :
(1) pent-2-ene-4-yne (2) pent-4-yne-2-ene (3) pent-1-yne-3-ene (4) pent-3-ene-1-yne
(1) 6-chloro-4-ethyl-5-methylhept-5-en-1-yne
(2) 6-chloro-4-ethyl-5-methylhept-1-yn-1-ene
(3) 2-chloro-4-ethyl-3-methylhept-2-en-6-yne
(4) 2-chloro-4-ethyl-3-methylhept-6-yn-2-ene
(1) N-cyclohexylbenzamide
(2) N-phenyl-N-cyclohexylmethanamide
(3) N-phenylcyclohexanecarboxamide
(4) N-cyclohexenyl-N-phenylmethanamide
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11. The correct structure for the compound Hept-3-en-5-yne-2-one is -
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
(4) (3-hexen-5-one)
15. An organic compound X (molecular C6H7O2N) has six carbon atoms in a ring system, two double bonds and a nitro
group as substituent, X is -
(1) Homocyclic but not aromatic (2) Aromatic but not homocyclic
(3) Homocyclic and aromatic (4) Heterocyclic and aromatic
16. How many structure isomers could be obtained from the alkane C6H14 ?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 7
17. The compound which is not isomeric with diethyl ether is -
(1) n-propyl methyl ether (2) butanol-1
(3) 2-methyl propan-1-ol (4) butanone
18. The number of dihydric phenols possible with the molecular formula C6H6O2 is -
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5
19. Structural isomers possible for C4H8Br2 are -
(1) 9 (2) 8 (3) 7 (4) 6
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20. What is true for 1, 2-pentadiene-
(1) it is functional isomers of pentyne
(2) it is position isomer of pentyne
(3) it is chain isomer of 3-methyl-1-butyne
(4) it is metamer of cyclopentene gS
21. Which of the following is not as isomer of allyl alcohol
(1) acetone (2) 1-propanol (3) 1, 2-epoxyproane (4) cyclopropanol
22. Total number of structure isomers of C4H10O is :
(1) 7 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 8
23. The lowest molecular weith alkane, which is optically active :
(1) 3-Methylhexane (2) 2,3-Dimethylbutane (3) 2,3,3-Trimethylbutane(4) 2-Methylhexane
24. How many acids and esters are possible for the compound with molecular formula C 4H8O2
(1) Two acids + Two esters (2) Two acids + Four esters
(3) Four acids + Two esters (4) Three acids + Three esters
25. The formula C3H6O2 represents
(1) Methyl ethanoate (2) Propanoic acid (3) Ethyl methanoate (4) All the three above
26. How many isomers of C5H11OH will be primary alcohols?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 3 (4) 2
27. Which of the following shows cic-trans isomerism :
(1) 2-butyne (2) 2-butene (3) 2-butanol (4) 2-chloro-2-phenylethene
28. Which can not show geometrical isomerism?
(1) H2N2 (2) 1-chloro-2-phenylethene
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47. Which of the following compounds does not show phenotic properties :
48. monochloro structural isomers for compound C5H10 how many pairs of
geometerical isomers are possible
(1) 1 pair (2) 2 pair (3) 3 pair (4) No pair
EXERCISE -2 [ANSWER-SHEET]
Qus. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 1 3 4 1 2 4 2 1 1
Qus. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 2 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 4
Qus. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Ans. 3 2 4 4 1 1 1 1
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