JEE Advanced 2013Paper 1
- Exam
- JEE Advanced
- Year
- 2013
- Paper
- Paper 1
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- General Organic Chemistry
JEE Advanced 2013 · Paper 1 · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry
The compound that does NOT liberate CO 2 , on treatment with...
The compound that does NOT liberate CO2, on treatment with aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, is
Options
- ABenzoic acid
- BBenzenesulphonic acid
- CSalicylic acid
- DCarbolic acid (Phenol)
Correct answer
D. Carbolic acid (Phenol)
Step-by-step solution
Except phenol, all other options are either carboxylic acids or sulphonic acids, which are comparatively strong. Phenol is a very weak acid {\text{K}}_{\text{a}} ≈ 1 {0}^{-1 0} and hence will not displace CO2 from NaHCO3