Alcohols Flashcards
What are the conditions for formation of alcohols from halogenoalkanes and what type of reaction is it
Reflux with sodium hydroxide aqueous and 1 atmosphere
NUCLEOPHILIC substitution or alkaline hydrolysis
Give reaction equation for the formation of alcohols from halogenoalkanes
RX + NaOH –> ROH + NaX
Reaction of alcohols with hydrogen bromide
How is HBr produced?
What do they produce?
HBr produced in the reaction flask by refluxing with concentrated sulfuric acid and KBr
Produce bromoalkanes
Reactions of alcohols with hydrogen chloride
Conditions
Reaction equation
What they produce
Anhydrus, ZnCl2 catalyst
NUCLEOPHILIC substitution
ROH + HCl –> RCl + H2O
Produce chloroalkanes e.g 2-chlorobutane
Reduction reaction to form alcohol:
What is a carboxylic acid reduced to? Give equation
Reduced to 1• alcohol
RCOOH—> [4H] RCH2OH + H2O
Reduction reaction forming an alcohol
What is an aldehyde reduced to
Reaction equation
Reduced to 1• alcohol
RCHO —> [2H] RCH2OH
Reduction RXN to form an alcohol
What is a ketone reduced to?
Reaction equation
Reduced to 2• alcohol
RCOR’ —-> [2H] RCH(OH)R’
2 Reducing agents for reduction reactions
Lithium aluminium hydride - anhydrous, room temp, works for all
Aqueous sodium borohydride - room temp and only reduces aldehydes and ketones
Conditions for alcohols and ethanoyl chloride
Basic catalysts to neutralise acidic hydrogen chloride
Anhydrous
What does alcohols and ethanoyl chloride produce? What type of reaction is it?
An eater, it’s a NUCLEOPHILIC substitution / ethanoylation reaction
What are the properties of an acid catalyst eg ethanoyl chloride
Fuming liquid
Low BP
No hydrogen bonding between molecules
Alcohols are neutral in terms of acidity in something - what is this something?
Aqueous solution
What bonding is present between alcohol molecules?
Hydrogen
What is the polarity of the hydroxy group?
It is polar due to an electronegativity difference between O and H atoms. This leads to a permanent dipole which results in hydrogen bonding between molecules
Solubility of alcohols in terms of Boiling point
Solubility decreases as boiling point increases due to an increase in VDW between molecules: more energy to overcome forces