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4e Flashcards

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Alcohol

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  • Only single bonds
  • Contains hydroxy (OH) bond
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Oxidation of ethanol

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  • Burning in oxygen (complete combustion)
  • With oxygen in the air to form ethanoic acid
  • Heating with potassium dichromate(VI) (orange) in dilute sulfuric acid to form
    ethanoic acid (green).
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Industrial alcohol production

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  • alkene (g) + water (g) -> alcohol (g)

Requires:
- Phosphoric acid catalyst
- 300ºC - 400ºC
- 60atm - 70atm

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Ethanol production by fermentation

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  • glucose -> ethanol + carbon dioxide
  • Requires yeast anaerobic respiration and it not becoming denatured
  • 30ºC
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