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29 - Chromatography and Spectroscopy Flashcards

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How do you test for Alkenes?

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Bromine Water

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How do you test for Haloalkenes?

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Silver Nitrate

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What are the two reaction you do for testing for phenols?

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  1. Test with Sodium Hydroxide.
    Testing for the weak acidic nature of phenols. Sodium hydroxide is a strong base and so will react with any acid.
  2. Test with Carbonate.
    Carbonate is a much weaker base than sodium hydroxide. Carbonates will only react with strong acids, not weak acids, such as phenol.
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How do you test for Phenols with Sodium Hydroxide?

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How do you test for Phenols and carbonate?

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How do you test for Carboxylic Acid?

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Sodium Carbonate

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Why can you use carbonates to test for Carboxylic Acids and not Phenol?

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Carboxylic acids react with carbonates to form a salt, CARBON DIOXIDE and water.

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How do you test for Carbonyl Group (Aldehydes and Ketones) ?

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Use 2,4-DNP , 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine

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How do you test for Aldehydes?

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How do you test for Primary and Secondary Alcohols?

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11
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Why is Chromatography used ?

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Separate components out of a mixture.

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What are the two types of Chromatography?

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Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and Gas Chromatography

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Why is it called Thin-layer chromatography?

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Because a glass or plastic plate is covered wit thin layer of Silica Gel or Aluminium powder.

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What is the method for setting up Thin-layer Chromatography?

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  1. Take a sheet of plastic coat in thin layer of silica gel.
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How do you calculate Rf values?

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Rf Value = distance travelled by spot / distance travelled by solvent

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16
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Why is thin-layer chromatography better than paper chromatography?

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More accurate to analyse.
Get distinct dots with TLC, whereas in PC the components spread out more.

17
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How can you identify each component in the TCL plate?

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Calculate the Rf value and look this value up into the table of know values.

18
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What is the moving phase and stationary phase in chromatography?

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Moving Phase - whatever moves the components (solvent)

Stationary phase - whatever the moving phase moves through (silica gel / aluminium powder)

A-level Chemistry Yr 13 Mine (12 decks)

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