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Question

Amongst the following, the total number of compounds soluble in aqueous NaOH at room temperature is:

Options

A.5
B.4
C.6
D.3

Solution

Sol. [Key Concept: Only species more acidic than water — phenols and carboxylic acids — dissolve in aqueous NaOH; count them.]

II, III, IV, V, VII

Compounds which are more acidic than $H_{2}O$ can soluble in NaOH .

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