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2.7 Oxidation of Food Flashcards

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1
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What are the 3 types of oxidation

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  • Loss of electrons
  • Gain of oxygen
  • Loss of hydrogen
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What does oxidation always result in

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An increase in the oxygen to hydrogen ratio

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3
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When oxidation is occurring what is also occurring

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Reduction

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4
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Name 3 oxidising agents

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Acidified sodium dichromate
Potassium permanganate
Copper (II) oxide

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5
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What are the only types of alcohols that can oxidise

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Primary and Secondary

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6
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What happens when potassium permanganate is reduced

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Purple permanganate ion turns to colourless Mn2+ ions

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What happens when sodium dichromate is reduced

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Orange dichromate ion turns to green Cr3+ ions

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What happens when hot copper oxide is reduced

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Black oxide turns to reddish copper metal

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9
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What happens when primary alcohols are oxidised

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It forms an aldehyde

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What happens when you oxidise a secondary alcohol

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It forms a ketone

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What is the functional group for aldehydes and ketones

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Carbonyl group

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12
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Where is the carbonyl group in an aldehyde

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At the end of the carbon chain

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13
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Where is the carbonyl group in a ketone

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It is attached` to other carbon atoms

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14
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What is the general formula for aldehydes and ketones

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CnH2nO

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15
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What compounds can Acidified potassium dichromate oxidise

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Primary and Secondary alcohols

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16
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What is the colour change for acidified potassium dichromate

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Orange > blue/green

17
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What compounds will Fehling’s solution oxidise

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Only aldehydes

18
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What is the colour change for Fehling’s solution

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Blue > orange/red

19
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What compounds will Tollens reagent oxidise

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Only aldehydes

20
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What is the colour change for Tollens reagent

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Colourless > silver mirror

21
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What is a useful way of determining weather oxidation has occurred

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Calculating the oxygen to hydrogen ratio (It decreases when oxidation has occurred)

22
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When cooking vegetables how is flavour released

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Flavour is usually trapped inside the cell wall, cooking damages the cell wall letting it out

23
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Give two examples of aldehydes of ketones used in food

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Limonene and Vanillin

24
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What can happen when vitamin C is cooked in water

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Since vitamin C is polar, it may dissolve in the water

25
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Why should something be cooked in a solvent that is the opposite of its polarity

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So the flavour molecules do not dissolve

26
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What happens when proteins are heated during cooking

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They denature, allowing them to change shape

27
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Give an example of a protein that denatures when cooking meat

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Collagen

28
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When can oxidation of food occur

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When food is exposed to oxygen in the air

29
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What kind of foods are at the greatest risk of oxidisation

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Foods containing fats or oils

30
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How can oxidation of food be avoided

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Packing it with nitrogen, an inert gas that will not react with the food

31
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Name effects of oxidisation on food

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Loss of colour
Deterioration of flavour
Loss of nutritional value

32
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What is an antioxidant

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A substance that slows down or prevents the oxidation of another chemical

33
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What type of agent are antioxidant molecules

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Reducing agents

34
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What can oxidation reactions produce

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Free radicals

35
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How can free radicals damage food

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By removing electrons

36
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How does an antioxidant cancel a free radical

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The antioxidant donates an electron and stabilises the free radical as a stable electron pair is formed. The antioxidant itself is then oxidised

37
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Give an example of an antioxidant

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Vitamin C

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