Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers Flashcards
Alcohol General structure
R-O-H
Alcohols have hydroxyl (-OH) bonded to an ______ hybridized C in aliphatic group
sp3
Oxygen is sp3 hybridized (R-O-H)
2 bonds: to H and C in sigma bond
2 - electron pairs
Alcohols have hydroxyl (-OH) bonded to an sp2 hybridized C in aromatic groups
Phenols
Oxygen is sp3 hybridized in phenols since they posses ____
2 bonds to H and C in sigma bond
2 lone pairs
hydrogen bonds in alcohol have _____
single bonds
experimentally the oxygen in phenols behaves somewhat like a _______ hybridized oxygen
sp2
When is pi electron delocalization is only possible
if there is a p orbital
In phenols, oxygen has a ______
occupied p orbital with lone pair so sp2 orbital
A fuel additive, an individual solvent, and a beverage
Ethanol
A general disinfectant, commonly called carboxylic acid
Phenol
Phenols are general disinfectant, commonly called _____
carbolic acid
Properties of alcohol and phenyls
can be thought of as organic derivatives of water in which one hydrogen is replaced by organic components
Have nearly the same geometry as water
Have higher boiling points than alkanes
Both weakly basic and weakly acidic
Weakly basic and weakly acidic like water indicating that it is
amphoteric
intermolecular attraction of polar molecules
hydrogen bonds
