JEE Advance - Chemistry (2010 - Paper 1 Offline - No. 27)

Amongst the following, the total number of compounds soluble in aqueous NaOH is _________.

IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline Chemistry - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Question 21 English

Answer

Aromatic alcohols and carboxylic acids forms salt with NaOH, will dissolve in aqueous NaOH :

IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline Chemistry - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Question 21 English Explanation

Benzylic alcohol is less acidic than water and hence does dissolve in aqueous NaOH.