ORGANIC CONVERSIONS

▪ HALOALKANES AND HALOARENES ▪ ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS

SET-1 SET-1
1) 2-Chloropropane ⟶ 1- 1) Cumene⟶ Phenol
Chloropropane 2) Chlorobenzene ⟶ Phenol
2) 2-Iodopropane 1-Iodopropane 3) Benzene ⟶ Phenol (using conc.H2SO4
3) 1-Butanol⟶1-Iodopropane and NaOH)
4) 1-Chlorobutane⟶1-Iodopropane
SET-2
5) But-1-ene⟶1-Iodopropane
1) Suitable alkene ⟶ 1-Phenylethanol
SET-2
2) An alkyl halide ⟶ Cyclohexylmethanol
1) Ethanol ⟶ But-1-yne (by an SN2 reaction)
2) Ethane⟶ Bromoethene 3) Suitable alkyl halide ⟶ Pentan-1-ol
3) Propene⟶1-Nitropropane
SET-3
4) Toluene-⟶ Benzyl alcohol
5) Propene⟶ Propyne 1) Propene → Propan-2-ol.
6) Ethanol ⟶ Ethyl fluoride 2) Benzyl chloride → Benzyl alcohol.
7) Bromomethane⟶Propanone 3) Ethyl magnesium chloride → Propan-1-
8) But-1-ene ⟶ But-2-ene ol.
9) 1-Chlorobutane ⟶n-Octane 4) Methyl magnesium bromide →
10) Benzene ⟶ Biphenyl. 2-Methylpropan-2-ol.
SET-3 SET-4
1) Propene ⟶ Propan-1-ol 1) Primary alcohol ⟶ Carboxylic acid.
2) Ethanol ⟶ But-1-yne (Oxidation)
3) 1-Bromopropane ⟶ 2- 2) Primary alcohol ⟶ Aldehyde.
Bromopropane (Oxidation)
4) Toluene ⟶ Benzyl alcohol 3) Phenol ⟶ 2,4,6-Tribromophenol.
5) Benzene ⟶ 4-Bromonitrobenzene (Bromination)
6) Benzyl alcohol ⟶ 2-Phenylethanoic 4) Benzyl alcohol ⟶ Benzoic acid.
acid 5) Propan-2-ol ⟶ Propene. (Dehydration)
7) Ethanol ⟶ Propanenitrile 6) Butan-2-one ⟶ Butan-2-ol.
8) Aniline ⟶ Chlorobenzene
SET-5
9) 2-Chlorobutane ⟶ 3, 4-
Dimethylhexane Preparation of ethers
10) 2-Methyl-1-propene ⟶ 2-
Chloro-2-methylpropane 1) propan-1-ol⟶ Propoxy propane
(Using conc.H2SO4)
11) Ethyl chloride ⟶ Propanoic acid
12) But-1-ene ⟶ n-Butyliodide By Williamson’s synthesis:
13) 2-Chloropropane ⟶ 1-Propanol
1) 1-Propoxypropane
14) Isopropyl alcohol ⟶ Iodoform 2) Ethoxybenzene
15) Chlorobenzene ⟶ p- 3) 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane
Nitrophenol 4) 1-Methoxyethane
16) 2-Bromopropane ⟶ 1-
Bromopropane
17) Chloroethane ⟶ Butane
18) Benzene ⟶ Biphenyl
19) tert-Butyl bromide ⟶ Isobutyl
bromide
20) Aniline ⟶ Phenylisocyanide
▪ ALDEHYDES,KETONES AND ARBOXYLIC ▪ AMINES
ACIDS
SET-1
SET-1
1) Ethanoic acid ⟶ Methanamine
1) Butan-1-ol ⟶ Butanoic acid 2) Hexanenitrile ⟶ 1-Aminopentane
2) Benzyl alcohol ⟶ Phenylethanoic acid 3) Methanol ⟶ Ethanoic acid
3) 3-Nitrobromobenzene ⟶ 3- 4) Ethanamine ⟶ Methanamine
Nitrobenzoic acid 5) Ethanoic acid ⟶ Propanoic acid
4) 4-Methylace⟶phenone ⟶ Benzene- 6) Methanamine ⟶ Ethanamine
1,4-dicarboxylic acid 7) Nitromethane ⟶ Dimethylamine
5) Cyclohexene ⟶ Hexane-1,6-dioic acid 8) Propanoic acid ⟶ Ethanoic acid
6) Butanal ⟶ Butanoic acid.
SET-2
SET-2
1) Nitrobenzene ⟶ Benzoic acid
1) Ethanal⟶ Butane-1,3-diol 2) Benzene ⟶ m-Bromophenol
2) Ethanal⟶ But-2-enal 3) Benzoic acid ⟶ Aniline
3) Ethanal⟶ But-2-enoic acid 4) Aniline ⟶ 2,4,6-
Tribromofluorobenzene
SET-3
5) Benzyl chloride ⟶ 2-
1) Benzene ⟶ Methyl benzoate Phenylethanamine
2) Benzene ⟶ m-Nitrobenzoic acid 6) Chlorobenzene ⟶ p-Chloroaniline
3) Benzene ⟶ p-Nitrobenzoic acid 7) Aniline ⟶ p-Bromoaniline
4) Benzene ⟶ Phenylacetic acid 8) Benzamide ⟶ Toluene
5) Benzene ⟶ p-Nitrobenzaldehyde. 9) Aniline ⟶ Benzyl alcohol.

SET-4 (Max.two steps)

1) Propanone ⟶ Propene
2) Benzoic acid ⟶ Benzaldehyde
3) Ethanol ⟶ 3-Hydroxybutanal
4) Benzene ⟶ m-Nitroacetophenone
5) Benzaldehyde ⟶ Benzophenone
6) Bromobenzene ⟶ 1-Phenylethanol
7) Benzaldehyde ⟶ 3-Phenylpropan-1-
ol
8) Benazaldehyde ⟶ α-
Hydroxyphenylacetic acid
9) Benzoic acid ⟶ m- Nitrobenzyl
alcohol