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TOTAL 40 MARKS AMINES

1 HOUR

Question 1.

Why is an alkylamine more basic than ammonia?

Question 2.

Arrange the following compounds in an increasing order of basic strengths in their aqueous solutions
: NH3, CH3NH2, (CH3)2NH, (CH3)3N

Question 3.

Give the IUPAC name of H2N — CH2—CH2—CH = CH2.

Question 4.

Arrange the following compounds in an increasing order of their solubility in water : C6H5NH2,
(C2H5)2NH, C2HSNH2

Question 5.

Give a chemical test to distinguish between ethylamine and aniline.

Question 6.

Arrange the following in the decreasing order of their basic strength in aqueous solutions: CH3NH2,
(CH3)2 NH, (CH3)3N and NH3

Question 7.

Arrange the following in increasing order of their basic strength in aqueous solution: CH3.NH2,
(CH3)3N, (CH3)2NH

Question 8.

Write the structure of 2-aminotoluene.

Question 9.

Write the structure of n-methylethanamine.

Question 10.

Write the structure of prop-2-en-l-amine.

2 mark questions

Question 1.

Give the chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds :

(i) Ethyl amine and Aniline


(ii) Aniline and Benzylamine

Question 2.
Identify A and B in each of the following processes : (All India 20100

Question 3.

Give the chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds :

(i) Methylamine and Dimethylamine

(ii) Aniline and N-methylaniline

Question 4.

Describe the following giving the relevant chemical equation in each case :

(i) Carbylamine reaction

(ii) Hofmann’s bromamide reaction

Question 5.
Complete the following reaction equations : (All India 2012)
(i) C6H5N2Cl + H3PO2 + H2O →
(ii) C6H5NH2 + Br2 (aq) →

3 mark questions

Question 1.
How would you account for the following :
(a) Aniline is a weaker base than cyclohexyl amine.
(b) Methylamine in aqueous medium gives reddish-brown precipitate with FeCl3.

Question 2.
Illustrate the following reactions :
(a) Sandmeyer’s reaction
(b) Coupling reaction

Question 3.
Give chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds :
(a) Aniline and Ethylamine
(b) Ethylamine and Dimethylamine

Question 4.
Give reasons :
(a) Aniline is a weaker base than cyclohexyl amine.
(b) It is difficult to prepare pure amines by ammonolysis of alkyl halides.

Question 5

Complete the following reaction equations :


(i) C6H5Cl + CH3COCl →
(ii) C2H5NH2 + C6H5SO2Cl →
(iii) C2H5NH2 + HNO2 →

5 mark

State reasons for the following :

(i) pKb value for aniline is more than that for methylamine.
(ii) (ii) Ethylamine is soluble in water whereas aniline is not soluble in water.
(iii) Primary amines have higher boiling points than tertiary amines.

(iv) Nitrobenzene to benzoic acid.

(v) Benzyl chloride to 2-phenylethanamine

(vi) Aniline to benzyl alcohol.

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