Alcohols Flashcards

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What is the functional group do an alcohol?

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2
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What are alcohols general formula?

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3
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How do you name alcohols?

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4
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Compare and contrast the melting point and boiling point of alcohols to hydrocarbons with similar carbon chain lengths

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5
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Are alcohols soluble in water?

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6
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What makes an alcohol ‘primary’?

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7
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What makes an alcohol ‘secondary’?

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8
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What makes an alcohol ‘tertiary’?

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9
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How is alcohol produced industrially ?

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10
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How is ethanol produced industrially?

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11
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What conditions are needed for the production of ethanol industrially?

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12
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How is ethanol which is produced industrially separated?

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13
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Define biofuel

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14
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Define carbon neutral

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15
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What is the equation that’s shows how ethanol produced by fermentation is carbon neutral fuel

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16
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State points ‘for’ and ‘against’ the statement of ethanol produced by fermentation being carbon neutral

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17
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Describe the mechanism for the formation of alcohol by the reaction of an alkene with steam in the presence of an acid catalyst

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18
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List the environmental (including ethical) issues of making biofuel

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19
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What is formed if you partially oxidise a primary alcohol?

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20
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What conditions are needed to partially oxidise a primary alcohol?

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21
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State the equation for the partial oxidation of ethanol

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22
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What forms when a primary alcohol is fully oxidised?

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23
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What conditions are needed for the complete oxidation of a primary alcohol?

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24
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Write an equation for the complete oxidation of primary alcohols

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25
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What forms if you oxides a secondary alcohol?

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26
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What are the conditions needed for the oxidation of secondary alcohols?

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27
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Write an equation for the oxidation of propan-2-ol

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28
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What is an aldehyde and state it’s functional group?

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29
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How do you name aldehydes?
Give an example

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30
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What is a ketone and state it’s functional group?

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31
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How do you name ketones?
Give an example

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32
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What is a carboxylic acid and state it’s functional group?

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33
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How do you name carboxylic acids?
Give an example

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34
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Why can tertiary alcohols not be oxidised?

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35
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What is the test for aldehydes?
State the positive result

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36
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What is the test for ketones?
State the positive result

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37
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What is Tollen’s reagent made of and how does that react with substances in order to be tested?

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38
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How do you carry out the Tollen’s test?

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39
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What is in Fehling’s reagent and how does that react with substances in order to be tested?

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40
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What is the result of the Tollen’s test for both aldehydes and ketones?

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41
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What conditions do you need to use the Fehling’s solution?

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