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CHEMISTRY Chapter # 8

Worksheet-04
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons (Alkynes)
1. Alkynes can be reduced to cis-alkenes by hydrogenation USE THIS SPACE FOR
SCRATCH WORK
in the presence of:
A. Pd B. Anhydrous AlCl3
C. Lindlar’s Catalyst D. Raney Ni
2. When acetylene is passed through a copper tube at
300oC, it polymerizes to:
A. Polyacetylene B. Polyethylene
C. Benzene D. Chloroprene
3. Acetylene on reacting with ammonical silver nitrate
yield:
A. Silver metal B. Silver chloride
C. Silver mirror D. Silver acetylides
4. Which one of the following reagent distinguishes
ethylene from acetylene?
A. Cl2 dissolved in CCl4
B. Aqueous alkaline KMnO4
C. Ammonical Cu2Cl2
D. Conc. H2SO4
5. Benzene can be regarded as a polymer of:
A. Acetylene B. Ethylene
C. Ethane D. Methane
6. Acetylene is used in the manufacturing of:
A. Rubber B. Plastic
C. Ethyl alcohol D. All of these
7. When ethyne reacts with ammonia in the presence of
suitable catalyst the product obtained is?
A. Acetonitrile B. Acrylonitrile
C. Ethyl amide D. Both A and B
8. All the alkynes are colourless and odorless EXCEPT:
A. Acetylene B. Propyne
C. Butyne D. Pentyne

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9. Brick red precipitates are formed when ethyne reacts USE THIS SPACE FOR
with: SCRATCH WORK

A. Ammonical silver chloride

B. Ammonical cuprous chloride
C. Ammonical silver nitrate
D. All of these
10. HCN gives Acrylonitrile with acetylene in presence of
A. Silica B. Alumina
C. Phosphorous pentaoxide D. Nickel
11. Acetylene reacts with NH3 in the presence of Al2O3 to
produce:
A. Acetone B. Acetaldehyde
C. Acetonitrile D. Formaldehyde
12. Which of the following is not the use of ethyne?
A. Preparation of benzene
B. Welding
C. Ripening of fruits
D. Formation of mustard gas
13. Which of the following is the structural formula of vinyl
group?
A. H2C=CH– B. C6H5–
C. H2C=CH–CH2– D. C6H5–CH2–
14. Substitution reaction of acetylene (C2H2) is possible
when it is treated with:
A. Na metal B. NaNH2
C. Ammonical AgNO3 D. All of these
15. Which alkyne reacts with water to form aldehyde?
A. Ethyne B. Propyne
C. 1-Butyne D. 2-Butyne
16. Ethyne is used?
A. In the preparation of alcohols and acetic acid
B. In the manufacturing of polymers like PVC, PVA and
neoprene
C. For repining of fruits
D. All of these

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17. The end product (C) in the following sequence of USE THIS SPACE FOR
reactions starting from ethanol is: SCRATCH WORK

 A  B  C alcohol


conc Br2
H2SO4 KOH

A. Propene B. Ethene
C. Butyne D. Butene
18. Vinyl acetylene reacts with HCl to form:
A. Chloroprene B. Neoprene
C. Isoprene D. Divinyl acetylene
19. Which one of the following gases is used in welding
purpose usually?
A. Methane B. Ethane
C. Ethene D. Acetylene
20. Acetylene polymerized in the presence of ammonium
chloride and cuprous chloride to form:
A. Benzene B. PVC
C. Polythene D. Divinyl acetylene
21. The correct name of the given structure according to
IUPAC is:
CH3
H 2 C  C  CH 2  C  CH
A. 4-Methyl-1-pentyn-4-ene
B. 4-Methyl-4-penten-1-yne
C. 2-Methyl-1-penten-4-yne
D. 2-Methyl-2-penten-3-yne
22. The number of acidic hydrogen in 1-Butyne is:
A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
23. Which one of the following reactions help us to
distinguish between alkene (e.g. ethene) and alkyne (e.g.
ethyne)?
A. Reaction with ammonical silver nitrate AgNO3
B. Reaction with alkaline KMnO4
C. Reaction with bromine / CCl4
D. Reaction with ozone

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24. Synthetic rubber is made by polymerization of: USE THIS SPACE FOR
SCRATCH WORK
A. Chloroform B. Acetylene
C. Divinyl acetylene D. Chloroprene
25. Propyne react with water in the presence of dil. H2SO4
and 10% HgSO4 forming:
A. Propyl alcohol B. Propionaldehyde
C. Propanoic acid D. Dimethyl ketone

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ANSWER KEY (Worksheet-04) 4. (C) Ammonical Cu2Cl2 gives red ppt. of

1 C 11 C 21 C copper acetylide with acetylene due to
2 C 12 D 22 A acidic hydrogen of acetylene and not with
ethylene.
3 D 13 A 23 A
4 C 14 D 24 D
5 A 15 A 25 D
6 D 16 D
7 A 17 B 5. (A) Benzene can be regarded as a polymer of
8 A 18 A acetylene.
9 B 19 D
10 B 20 D
ANSWER EXPLAINED
1. (C) The resulting mixture, known as
“Lindlar's catalyst” (Pd / BaSO4 / 6. (D) Acetylene is used in the manufacture of
Quinoline) after its inventor, is effective rubber, plastic and ethyl alcohol.
for the partial reduction of alkynes. Note 7. (A) When ethyne react with ammonia in the
the stereochemistry! Just as in presence of suitable catalyst the product
obtained is acetonitrile.
conventional alkene hydrogenation, both
hydrogen atoms are delivered in syn HC  CH + NH3 
Al2O3
300o C
 CH3C  N  H2
fashion to provide us with the “cis”
alkene.” 8. (A) Pure acetylene is a colourless gas with an
ethereal smell. It is liquefied more easily
than ethylene or methane, and was first
obtained in the liquid state by Cailletet in
1877.
2. (C) Acetylene polymerizes to benzene on 9. (B) Brick red precipitates are formed when
ethyne reacts with ammonical cuprous
passing through Cu-tube at 300oC. chloride.
CH  CH  Cu 2Cl2  2NH 4OH 
 CuC  CCu  2NH 4Cl  2H 2O
dicopper acetylide (red ppt.)

10. (B) HCN gives Acrylonitrile with acetylene

in presence of alumina.
HC  CH+HCN 
Cu 2 Cl2 /NH 4 Cl
Δ
 CH 2  CH  CN
3. (D) Acetylene reacts with ammonical silver
11. (C) Acetylene reacts with NH3 in the presence
nitrate to give a white ppt. of silver of Al2O3 and product is hydrolyzed to
acetylide. produce acetonitrile.

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12. (D) Ethyne is not used in the formation of
mustard gas. Sulfur mustard, commonly
known as mustard gas, is the prototypical
substance of the sulfur-based family of
cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare
agents known as the sulfur mustards
which have the ability to form large
blisters on exposed skin and in the lungs.
13. (A) Structural formula of vinyl group
H2C=CH–.
18. (A) Chloroprene is the common name for the
organic compound 2-chlorobuta-1,3-
diene, which has the formula
CH2=CCl−CH=CH2. This colorless liquid
is the monomer for the production of the
polymer polychloroprene, a type of
synthetic rubber. Polychloroprene is
better known to the public as Neoprene,
the trade name.

14. (D) Substitution reaction of acetylene:



  Na + C  C Na +  H 2
HC  CH + 2Na 
 HC  CH + 2AgNO3 +2NH4OH 
 AgC  CAg+2NH4 NO3 +2H2O

15. (A) When ethyne reacts with water it form

19. (D) Acetylene is used in welding purpose
aldehyde (ethanal).
usually.
20. (D) Acetylene polymerized in the presence of
ammonium chloride and cuprous chloride
to form divinyl acetylene.
2HC  CH  Cu 2 Cl2
NH 4 Cl
 CH 2 = CH-C  CH
HC  CH
 CH 2 = CH-C  CH = CH 2
16. (D) Ethyne is used: divinyl acetylene
 For the preparation of alcohols and 21. (C) The correct name of the given structure
acetic acid according to IUPAC is
 B. For the manufacture of polymers 2-Methyl-1-penten-4-yne.
like PVC, PVA and neoprene
 C. For repining of fruits CH3
1 2 3 4 5
H 2 C  C  CH 2  C  CH
17. (B) The end product is ethene in the
following sequence of reactions starting 22. (A) In 1-Butyne only one acidic hydrogen is
from ethanol. present
CH3CH2OH 
Conc
 CH2 = CH2 
Br2
 C2 H5Br 
KOH
 CH 2 = CH 2
CH3  CH2  C  CH
H2SO4 Alcoholic

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23. (A)
CH  CH  Cu 2Cl2  2NH 4OH 
 CuC  CCu  2NH 4Cl  2H 2O
dicopper acetylide (red ppt.)
HC  CH  2AgNO3 +2NH 4OH 
 Ag C-  C-Ag +  2NH 4 NO3  2H 2O
+

disilver acetylide (white ppt.)

24. (D) Synthetic rubbers (neoprene) are complex

chemical compounds built by means of
polymerization of monomers (chloroprene).
These are then treated by polymerization
using catalyst and process steam to form
chains of polymers which finally results
in rubber substances. These substances
are then processed to rubber products by
vulcanization.
25. (D) All other alkynes give ketones:

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