Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Biomolecules NCERT Solutions | Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essentia

What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents? (i)HI (ii)Bromine water (iii)HNO₃

How do you explain the absence of aldehyde group in the pentaacetate of D-glucose?

Glucose or sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or benzene (simple six membered ring compounds) are insoluble in water. Explain.

The melting points and solubility in water of amino acids are generally higher than that of the corresponding halo acids. Explain.

Define the following as related to proteins 

(i) Peptide linkage  (ii) Primary structure  (iii) Denaturation.

What products would be formed when a nucleotide from DNA containing thymine is hydrolysed?

The two strands in DNA are not identical but are complementary. Explain.

What are nucleic acids? Mention their two important functions.

Enumerate the reactions of D-glucose which cannot be explained by its open chain structure.

Where does the water present in the egg go after boiling the egg?

For the reaction R → P, the concentration of a reactant changes from 0.03 M to 0.02 M in 25 minutes. Calculate the average rate of reaction using units of time both in minutes and seconds.

Write the formulas for the following coordination compounds:

(i) Tetraamminediaquacobalt (III) chloride

(ii) Potassium tetracyanonickelate(II)

(iii) Tris(ethane-1,2-diamine) chromium(III) chloride

(iv) Amminebromidochloridonitrito-N-platinate(II)

(v) Dichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)platinum(IV) nitrate

(vi) Iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II)

(i) Write structures of different isomeric amines corresponding to the molecular formula, C4H11N

(ii) Write IUPAC names of all the isomers.

(iii) What type of isomerism is exhibited by different pairs of amines?

Why are solids rigid?

Write any two characteristics of Chemisorption.

Write the structures of the following compounds.

(i) α-Methoxypropionaldehyde

(ii) 3-Hydroxybutanal

(iii) 2-Hydroxycyclopentane carbaldehyde

(iv) 4-Oxopentanal

(v) Di-sec-butyl ketone

(vi) 4-Fluoroacetophenone

Which of the ores mentioned in Table 6.1 can be concentrated by magnetic separation method?

Why are pentahalides more covalent than trihalides?

Silver atom has completely filled d orbitals (4d10) in its ground state. How can you say that it is a transition element?

Write structures of the following compounds:

(i) 2-Chloro-3-methylpentane

(ii) 1-Chloro-4-ethylcyclohexane

(iii) 4-tert. Butyl-3-iodoheptane

(iv) 1,4-Dibromobut-2-ene

(v) 1-Bromo-4-sec. butyl-2-methylbenzene

Solid A is a very hard electrical insulator in solid as well as in molten state and melts at extremely high temperature. What type of solid is it?

Arrange the following:

(i) In decreasing order of the pK_bvalues:

C₂H₅NH₂, C₆H₅NHCH₃, (C₂H₅)₂NH and C₆H₅NH₂

(ii) In increasing order of basic strength:

C₆H₅NH₂, C₆H₅N(CH₃)₂, (C₂H₅)₂NH and CH₃NH₂

(iii) In increasing order of basic strength:

(a) Aniline, p-nitroaniline and p-toluidine

(b) C₆H₅NH₂, C₆H₅NHCH₃, C₆H₅CH₂NH₂.

(iv) In decreasing order of basic strength in gas phase:

C₂H₅NH₂, (C₂H₅)₂NH, (C₂H₅)₃N and NH₃

(v) In increasing order of boiling point:

C₂H₅OH, (CH₃)₂NH, C₂H₅NH₂

(vi) In increasing order of solubility in water:

C₆H₅NH₂, (C₂H₅)₂NH, C₂H₅NH₂.

Why do soaps not work in hard water?

100 g of liquid A (molar mass 140 g mol^-1) was dissolved in 1000 g of liquid B (molar mass 180 g mol^-1). The vapour pressure of pure liquid B was found to be 500 torr. Calculate the vapour pressure of pure liquid A and its vapour pressure in the solution if the total vapour pressure of the solution is 475 Torr.

Henry's law constant for CO₂ in water is 1.67 x 10⁸Pa at 298 K. Calculate the quantity of CO₂in 500 mL of soda water when packed under 2.5 atm CO₂ pressure at 298 K.

With reference to which classification has the statement, ranitidine is an antacid been given?

The rate of the chemical reaction doubles for an increase of 10 K in absolute temperature from 298 K. Calculate E_a.

Name the following compounds according to IUPAC system.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

Give the IUPAC names of the following compounds:

(i) PhCH₂CH₂COOH         (ii) (CH₃)₂C=CHCOOH

(iii)             (iv)

[NiCl₄]^2- is paramagnetic while [Ni(CO)₄] is diamagnetic though both are tetrahedral. Why?