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CAPE Chemistry Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 1 · Question Q6

Item 6 refers to the following information. A substance reacts with I. \text{NaOH} to form an ionic product II. \text{H}_2 in the presence of a nickel catalyst III. ethanol to produce an organic compound and water. The substance with the properties above could be

  1. (A)\text{CH}_3-\text{C}(=\text{O})-\text{H}
  2. (B)\text{CH}_3-\text{C}(=\text{O})-\text{OH}
  3. (C)\text{CH}_2=\text{CH}-\text{C}(=\text{O})-\text{OH}
  4. (D)\text{CH}_2=\text{CH}-\text{CH}_2-\text{OH}

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