Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Polymers NCERT Solutions | What are natural and synthetic polymers?

Write the names and structures of the monomers of the following polymers:

(i) Buna-S  (ii) Buna-N

(iii) Dacron  (iv) Neoprene

What is a biodegradable polymer? Give an example of a biodegradable aliphatic polyester.

Arrange the following polymers in increasing order of their intermolecular forces.
(i) Nylon 6, 6, Buna-S, Polythene.
(ii) Nylon 6, Neoprene, Polyvinyl chloride.

Explain the difference between Buna-N and Buna-S.

How are polymers classified on the basis of structure?

Define thermoplastics and thermosetting polymers with two examples of each.

Explain the term copolymerisation and give two examples.

Write the monomers used for getting the following polymers. (i) Polyvinyl chloride (ii) Teflon (iii) Bakelite

How do you explain the functionality of a monomer?

Identify the monomer in the following polymeric structures.

(i)

(ii)

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?

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

While antacids and anti allergic drugs interfere with the function of histamines, why do these not interfere with the function of each other ?

Classify the following into monosaccharides and disaccharides.

Ribose, 2-deoxyribose, maltose, galactose, fructose and lactose

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.

Write the IUPAC names of the following ketones and aldehydes. Wherever possible, give also common names.

(i) CH₃CO(CH₂)₄CH₃           (ii) CH₃CH₂CHBrCH₂CH(CH₃)CHO

(iii) CH₃(CH₂)₅CHO             (iv) Ph-CH=CH-CHO

(v)                (vi) PhCOPh

Define the following terms:

(i) Mole fraction    (ii) Molality    (iii) Molarity   (iv) Mass percentage.

What may be the stable oxidation state of the transition element with the following d electron configurations in the ground state of their atoms :

3d³, 3d⁵, 3d⁸ and 3d⁴?

What role does adsorption play in heterogeneous catalysis?

What criterion is followed for the selection of the stationary phase in chromatography?

What is meant by unidentate, didentate and ambidentate ligands? Give two examples for each.

What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example.