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Alcohols Flashcards

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What functional group is responsible for the chemical properties of alcohols?

A

The hydroxyl (oh) group

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What is methanol used for?

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Hugh performance fuel

Starting material in many industrial syntheses (chemical feedstock)

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What is ethanol used for?

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Alcoholic drinks
Fuel
Solvent
Feedstock

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What are alcohols physical properties?

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Less volatile than alkanes
Higher melting points
Greater water solubility

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Why do alcohols have different physical properties than there alkene counterparts?

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They have a polar o-h bond making them polar

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Why do alcohols have lower volatility than alkanes?

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In the liquid state hydrogen bonds holds alcohol molecules together

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Why are alcohols more soluble in water than alkanes?

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Can form hydrogen bonds with water

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What is a primary alcohol?

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OH group is attached to a carbon with two hydrogens

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What is a secondary alcohol?

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OH group is attached to a carbon with one hydrogen

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What is a tertiary alcohol?

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OH group is attached to a carbon with no hydrogen

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Describe combustion of alcohols

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Burn completely in a plentiful supply of oxygen to produce carbo dioxide and water

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What oxidising agent do you need for the oxidation of alcohols?

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Potassium dichromate acidified with dilute sulfuric acid

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How do you know if the alcohol has been oxidised?

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The dichromate changes from orange to green

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What can primary alcohols be oxidised to?

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Aldehydes or carboxylic acid

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How do you create an aldehyde from a primary alcohol?

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Gentle heating with acidified potassium dichromate - aldehyde distiller out as mixture formed to prevent formation of carboxylic acid

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How do you create a carboxylic acid from a primary alcohol?

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Heat strongly under reflux with acidified potassium dichromate

17
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What re secondary alcohols oxidised to?

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Ketones

18
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How do you create a ketone from a secondary alcohol?

A

Heat under reflux with acidified potassium dichromate

19
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What is dehydration?

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Any reaction in which a water molecule is removed from the starting material

20
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What conditions are needed for the dehydration of alcohols?

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Heat under reflux with an acid catalyst

21
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What is the dehydration of an alcohol an example of?

A

An elimination reaction

22
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What do alcohols react with to form haloalkanes?

A

Hydrogen halides

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