3.5 Alcohols

Question 1

What catalyst do they use in the reaction between ethene and steam to get an alcohol?

Answer 1

H3PO4

Question 2

Is fermentation to make alcohols an anaerobic or aerobic process?

Answer 2

Anaerobic

Question 3

What are primary alcohols?

Answer 3

When the carbon carrying the OH group is only attached to one alkyl group

Question 4

What is a tertiary alcohol?

Answer 4

When the carbon carrying the OH group is attached directly to three alkyl groups - of any combination

Question 5

What’s the reaction with ethene and steam called?

Answer 5

Hydration

Question 6

What’s the natural catalyst for the fermentation process and a what temperature?

Answer 6

Yeast 35 degrees

Question 7

Which process of making alcohols creates more pure product?

Answer 7

Hydration of ethene and steam

Question 8

True or false. You can use an elimination reaction to make alcohols

Answer 8

True, by using hydration of alkenes

Question 9

What is the functional group for an alcohol?

Answer 9

OH

Question 10

In nucleophilic substitution what is the reagent for alcohols?.

Answer 10

NaOH or KOH