chemical tests Flashcards
alkenes
shake with bromine water
goes from brown/orange to colorlessal
alcohol
PCl5
steamy fumes
acidified pottasium dichromate
orange to green
carboxylic acid
metal carbonate
effervescence
halogenoalkane
ethanol
silver nitrate
precipitate formed
halogen ions
nitric acid followed by silver nitrate
cl-white
br-cream
io-yellow
dilute ammonia
cl-colourless
br-no change
io-no change
conc amonia
cl-colourles
br-colourless
io-no change
ammonium ions
add sodium hydroxide and warm
ammonia gas is released
turns damp red litmus paper blue
ammonia
turns damp red litmust paper blue
sulphate ions
barium chloride or nitride
dilute nitric or hcl added
white precipitate formed
aldehydes and keytones
oxidation with fehlings, benidicts or tollens
+ve aldehyde
-ve ketone
fehlings blue -> red for aldehyde
-CuSo4 + tatrate ions
tollens - colourness -> silver mirror
-AgNO3 + NH3 (aq)
K2Cr2O7
orange –> green
2,4-DNPH
orange precipitate formed
carbonyl
2,4-DNPH
orange precipitate
carbonate
add hcl / acid
turns limewater cloudy-co2 produced
effervescence
ft lithium
red
ft sodium
yellow
ft pottasium
lilac
ft magnesium
bright white