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1
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What are aromatic compounds?

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Compounds containing a hydrocarbon ring containing delocalised electrons

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What are aliphatic compounds?

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Ones which do not have a hydrocarbon ring with delocatised electrons

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What is benzene described as?

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An arene

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What are the physical properties of benzene?

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A colourless liquid
Boiling temperature of 80 degrees
Insoluble in water

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What is the molecular formula of benzene?

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C6H6

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What is the Kekule structure of benzene?

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Alternating double and single bonds in a cyclic structure with a ring of hydrogen around it

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How does bromine water disprove the Kekule structure?

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If benzene contained three C=C bonds, it would readily decolourise bromine water, but it does not, suggesting there are no double bonds

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How do the isomers of dibromobenzene disprove the Kekule structure?

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If the Kekule structure is correct, there would be four isomers of dibromobenzene, however only three are known to exist as there are no C=C bonds

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How do bond lengths disprove the Kekule structure?

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C-C bonds and C=C bonds are different lengths, but in benzene the bonds lengths are all the same, so there cannot be different types of bonds in the molecule

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How do enthalpy changes of hydrogenation disprove the Kekule structure?

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The actual enthalpy change of hydrogenation of benzene differs from the theoretical value for if it had C=C double bonds

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What are the four factors which disprove the Kekule structure?

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Bromine water
Isomers of dibromobenzene
Bond lengths
Enthalpy change of hydrogenation

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In the actual structure of benzene how are the electrons aranged?

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In two delocalised rings, one above and one above the Carbon ring, of pi electrons

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What are the conditions needed for hydrogenation of benzene?

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Hydrogen, and heating under pressure with a nickel catalyst

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What is the equation for the hydrogenation of benzene?

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C6H6 + 3H2 ——> C6H12

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15
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What type of flame does benzene give?

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A smoky flame

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16
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What are halogen carriers?

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Usually metal-halogen compounds such as aluminium chloride

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What are the products of bromination of benzene?

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Bromobenzene and hydrogen bromide

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What is nitration of benzene?

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The substitution of a hydrogen atom by a nitro group, NO2

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What are the conditions needed for nitration of benzene?

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Warming it with a mixture of conc nitric acid and sulfuric acid catalyst

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What are the products of nitration of benzene?

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Nitrobenzene and water

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21
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What are two of the types of Friedel-Crafts reactions?

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Alkylation and acylation

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What are the features all Friedel-Crafts reactions have in common?

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Using reagent XY, one of the hydrogens In benzene is substituted by Y, and the other product is HX
A catalyst is needed
Anyhydrous conditions are needed because water would react with catalyst and organic product

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23
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What is an alkyl group?

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CH3

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24
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What is an acyl group?

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COCH3

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25
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What is the reactant for alkylation of benzene?

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A halogenalkane, such as CH3Cl

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What are the products of alkylation of benzene?

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An alkylbenzene such as methylbenzene and hydrogen chloride

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What are the products of the acylation of benzene?

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A ketone (phenylethanone) and hydrogen chloride

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What name is often used when the benzene ring is attached of another functional group?

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Phenyl or phen

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29
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What makes benzene act as an electrophile?

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The delocalised electrons

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30
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How does Bromine react with the catalyst in Bromination of Benzene?

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It forms Br+

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What is the equation for the reaction between Bromine and the halogen carrier in Bromination?

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AlCl3 + Br2 ——> Br+ + AlCl3Br-

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32
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What are the inorganic products formed in the bromination of benzene?

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AlCl3 and HBr

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33
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What is the first step in Nitration of Benzene?

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Formation of an electrophile through nitric acid and sulfuric acid reacting to form NO2+

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34
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What is the equation for the reaction to form an electrophile?

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HNO3 + H2SO4 ——> NO2+ HSO4- +H2O

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35
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What type of mechanism is Alkylation of benzene?

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Electrophillic substitution

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36
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What are the inorganic products in alkylation?

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HCl and AlCl3

37
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What are the organic products in acylation?

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HCl and AlCl3

38
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What does Friedel-Crafts Acylation produce?

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Phenylketones

39
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What is benzene refluxed with in acylation?

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An acyl chloride

40
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What must the temperature be kept below for nitration of benzene?

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55 degrees C

41
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What happens if the temperature is above 55 for nitration of benzene?

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Multiple substitutions occur

42
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Why is phenol more reactive than benzene

A

The OH group makes it more likely to undergo electrophillic substitution
One of the lone pairs in oxygen p orbital becomes delocalised, increasing electron density of the ring

43
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What happens if you shake phenol with bromine water?

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It decolourises it

44
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Why does substitution occur more than once on phenol?

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The OH group makes it very attractive to electrophiles

45
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What can aspirin be synthesised from?

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Salicylic acid and ethanoic anhydride

46
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What is the amine functional group?

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-NR2, where R is an alkyl group or hydrogen

47
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What can aliphatic amines be made from?

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Halogenoalkanes or nitriles

48
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What are amines?

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Weak bases, as they accept protons

49
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What does the strength of the amine base depend on?

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How available the nitrogen’s lone pair of electrons is

50
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What is the order of basicity?

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Primary aromatic amine < Ammonia < Primary aliphatic amine

51
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Why are the aliphatic amines the strongest bases?

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The distribution of negative charge is distributed entirely on the lone pair, whereas in the aromatic amine it is distributed widely

52
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What are small amines soluble in?

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Water, as the amine group can form hydrogen bonds with the water molecule

53
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The bigger the amine the greater the…

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…London forces

54
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What kind of solutions do amines form?

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Alkaline

55
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What do amines form with Copper (II) ions?

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Complex ions

56
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What complexes do Cu2+ ions form with water?

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[Cu(H2O)6]2+ - a blue solution

57
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What complex is formed if a small amount of butylamine solution is added?

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[Cu(OH)2(H2O)4] - a blue precipitate

58
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If more butylamine solution is added, how does the complex change?

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[Cu(CH3(CH2)3NH2)4(H2O)2]2+ - a deep blue solution

59
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How do amines react with halogenoalkanes?

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In nucleophillic substitution reactions

60
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How can N-Substituted Amides be made from amines?

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By acetylation

61
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Amides are…

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…carboxylic acid derivatives

62
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What is the amide functional group?

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-CONH2

63
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Why do amides behave differently from amines?

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Because the carbonyl group pulls electrons away from the rest of the group

64
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What suffix do amides have?

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-amide

65
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What can amides be made from?

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Acyl chlorides

66
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What are the reactants needed to make a primary amide?

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An acyl chloride and concentrated ammonia

67
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What reactants are needed to make an N-substituted amide?

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An acyl chloride and primary amine

68
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What is an N-substituted amide?

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One of the hydrogens in NH2 is substituted with an alkyl group

69
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What are amide links?

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-CONH-

70
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What reacts to form an amide link?

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-COOH and -NH2

71
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Which two types of molecule form a polyamide?

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Dicarboxylic acids and diamines

72
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What are proteins?

A

Condensation polymers of amino acids

73
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What is needed to hydrolyse a protein into amino acids?

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6moldm-3 hydrochloric acid and reflux

74
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Which two types of molecule form a polyester?

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Dicarboxylic acids and diols

75
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What is an ester link?

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-COO-

76
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What functional groups do amino acids have?

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NH2 and COOH

77
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What is a zwitterion?

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An overall neutral molecule that has a positivie and negative charge on different parts of the molecule

78
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In acidic conditions, which part of the amino acid is changed?

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The NH2 becomes protonated, forming NH3+

79
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What charges does the amino acid have at its isoelectric point?

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The NH2 becomes NH3+ and the COOH becomes COO-

80
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In alkaline conditions, which part of the amino acid is changed?

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The COOH group becomes COO-

81
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Most amino acids are…

A

…chiral

82
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What can be used to identify unknown amino acids?

A

Paper chromatography

83
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How would you calculate an Rf value?

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Distance travelled by spot/distance travelled by solvent

84
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What is the general formula of a Gringard reagent?

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RMgX

85
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How are Gringards reagents made?

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By refluxing a halogenoalkane with magnesium in dry ether

86
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What would a Gringard’s reagent + CO2 form?

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A carboxylic acid

87
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What are the conditions needed to form a carboxylic acid from Gringards and CO2?

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Dry ether and dilute HCl

88
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What do Gringards form in reaction with aldehydes and ketones?

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Alcohols

89
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What are the conditions needed to form an alcohol from Gringards + carbonyl?

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Dry ether and dilute HCl

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