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Q.(a) What happens when (write only chemical equation):-

(i) dry distillation of calcium acetate is done; [1]
(ii) formaldehyde reacts with ammonia? [1]
(b) Explain the following (write only chemical equation):
(i) Rosenmund reaction [1]
(ii) Friedel-Crafts acetylation reaction [1]
(iii) Wolff-Kishner reduction [1] OR
(a) What happens when (write only chemical equation):-
(i) ethyl alcohol is oxidised in the presence of K2Cr2O7 and conc. H2SO4; [1]
(ii) acetic acid is heated? [1]
(b) Explain the following (write only chemical equation):
(i) Clemmensen reduction [1]
(ii) Gattermann-Koch reaction [1]
(iii) Étard reaction [1]
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(a) Calcium acetate on dry distillation gives acetone; formaldehyde with excess ammonia gives urotropine. (b) Rosenmund, Friedel-Crafts acetylation, and Wolff-Kishner are three named reactions of carbonyl chemistry — converting acid chlorides to aldehydes, benzene to an aryl ketone, and carbonyls to methylene groups respectively.

(a)(i) Dry distillation of calcium acetate:

(CH3COO)2Ca --(dry distillation / heat)--> CH3COCH3 (acetone) + CaCO3

This is a classic laboratory method for preparing a ketone (acetone) from the calcium salt of a carboxylic acid.

(a)(ii) Formaldehyde + ammonia:

6HCHO + 4NH3 → (CH2)6N4 (hexamethylenetetramine, also called urotropine) + 6H2O

Formaldehyde condenses with excess ammonia to form this cyclic compound, used as a drug (urinary antiseptic) and in resin manufacture.

(b)(i) Rosenmund reaction:

An acid chloride is selectively hydrogenated to an aldehyde using hydrogen gas over a palladium catalyst supported on barium sulphate, which is 'poisoned' (partially deactivated, e.g. with sulphur/quinoline) to stop the reaction at the aldehyde stage (preventing further reduction to the alcohol):

RCOCl + H2 --Pd/BaSO4 (poisoned)--> RCHO + HCl

(b)(ii) Friedel-Crafts acetylation:

Benzene reacts with acetyl chloride (or acetic anhydride) in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3 (a Lewis acid catalyst) to introduce an acetyl group onto the aromatic ring, giving acetophenone:

C6H6 + CH3COCl --anhyd. AlCl3--> C6H5COCH3 (acetophenone) + HCl

(b)(iii) Wolff-Kishner reduction: …

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