Single Choice

An organic compound which produces a bluish-green coloured flame on heating in presence of copper is:

Achlorobenzene
Correct Answer
Bbenzaldehyde
Canlline
Dbenzoic acid

Solution

An organic compound which produces a bluish green flame when heated on a copper wire is chlorobenzene. This is called Beilstein's test and this test is used to defect the presence of halogen in an organic compound. Green colour of the flame is due to formation of copper halide..

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Consider following three halides: (I) $$C{H}_{3}-C{H}_{2}-Cl$$ ; (II) $$C{H}_{2}=CH-Cl$$ ; (III) $${C}_{6}{H}_{5}Cl$$ Arrange $$C-Cl$$ bond length of these compounds in decreasing order.

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Which alky halide has maximum density?

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

The decreasing order of the acidic character of the following is :

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