CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    The decreasing order of acidic character among ethane (I), ethene (II), ethyne (III) and propyne (IV) is

    A)  (I)  > (II) > (III) > (IV)

    B)  (II) > (III) > (I)   > (IV)

    C)  (III) > (IV) > (II)  > (I)

    D)  (IV) > (III) > (II) > (I)

    E)  (III) > (IV) > (I)   > (II)

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    The correct order of decreasing acidity is \[\underset{(III)}{\mathop{CH\equiv CH}}\,>\underset{(IV)}{\mathop{CH\equiv C-C{{H}_{3}}}}\,>\underset{(II)}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}=C{{H}_{2}}}}\,\]                                                      \[>\underset{(I)}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}-C{{H}_{3}}}}\,\] Hydrogen atoms attached to sp-hybridised carbon atom are most acidic, followed by those attached to\[s{{p}^{2}}\]hybridised carbon atom and those attached to\[s{{p}^{3}}\]hybridised carbon are least acidic.


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