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What are the the three types of alcohols?
Primary, secondary and tertiary.
How is it decided whether an alcohol is primary secondary or tertiary?
Primary means the OH group is bonded to a carbon which is bonded to one more carbon. Secondary means the carbon is bonded to 2 other carbons and tertiary it three other carbons.
How can a halogenalkane be made with an alcohol?
Replace the OH functional group with a halogen.
Which is the most reactive type of alcohol?
Tertiary ones. This means making halogenalkanes is easier with them.
Why are tertiary alcohols more reactive?
This is because when they react they lose the OH group and have a positive open bond. The tertiary alcohol will have electrons from other carbons pulled towards it meaning it is made weaker and so it lasts longer, meaning it can reacte.
What would be a simple way of making a choroalkane?
Shake a tertiary alcohol with HCl. This gives an impure chloroalkane as the OH that the Cl replaces will react with the H of the acid to form water.This principle happens with all hydrogen halides
What is the general equation of using phosphorous (III) halides to make halogenalkanes from alcohol?
3ROH +PX”3” = 3RX + H”3”PO”3”The X represents Cl, Br or I.R is just the rest of the alcohol or alkyl group.
What is the test for the hydroxyl group (-OH) ?
Add phosphorus (V) chloride.If -OH is present, steamy fumes of HCl gas will form. This gas should turn damp blue litmus paper red.
What is the equation to make chloroalkanes from alcohol with phosphorus(V) chloride?
ROH + PCL”5” = RCl + HCl + POCl”3”Everything is a liquid apart from the hydrochloric acid, which will be a gas.
What is formed when sodium reacts with alcohols?
Alkoxides are formed. The longer the hydrocarbon chain, the less reactive it is.
Give the equation of sodium reacting with ethanol.
2CH”3”CH”2”OH +2Na = 2CH”3”CH”2”O-Na+ and H”2”
What happens when sodium reacts with ethanol?
The OH bond is broken and ionic sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas are produced.
Why do alcohols have high boiling points?
They have the OH functional group. This means the oxygen will pull electrons towards it resulting with slightly positive hydrogens. These will then bond with other oxygens meaning there are many strong hydrogen bonds, thus a high boiling point.
What can happen when an alcohol is mixed with water?
Hydrogen bonds may form between the OH and H”2”O.In small chain alcohols(methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol) the hydrogen bonds means it can mix readily with water. It is miscible.
Why don’t longer chained alcohols mix with water?
Most of the molecule is a non polar carbon chain, thus there is less attraction with the H”2”O molecules.
What happens when alcohols are burnt in air?
They react with the oxygen to produce water and CO”2”
What can be used to oxidise an alcohol?
An oxidising agent like acidified potassium dichromate (VI) is oxidise is mildly.
What will primary alcohols oxidise to?
Aldehydes and then to carboxylic acid.
What will secondary alcohols oxidise to?
Ketones
What are aldehydes, ketones, and carbonyl compounds?
They have the functional group C=O and they all have the general formula C”n”H”2n”OAldehydes have a hydrogen and one alkyl group attached to the carbon carbonyl atom.Ketones have two alkyl groups attached to the carbon carbonyl atom.
What is a volatile substance?
Something that will react at low temperatures.
What is the only way to oxides tertiary alcohols?
Burn them.
How would you oxidise a primary alcohol to make a aldehyde?
Gently heat ethanol with potassium dichromate(VI) in a round bottom flask. Distill the product and collect the product.
How would you oxidise an alcohol to make a carboxylic acid?
Put the alcohol, oxidising agent and anti bumping granules in a round bottom flask.Fit a reflux condenser on top and heat.This means no volatile solvents reactants or products are lost.
What is a reflux condenser?
A condenser that is fitted vertically to a flask to stop any of the vapours from getting out.
How can a secondary alcohol be oxidised?
Add an oxidising agent and reflux. This will produce a ketone.
Can a ketone be oxidised by refluxing?
No.
How are aldehydes and ketones distinguished?
Using an oxidising agent like Benedict’s solution(also know as Fehling’s solution) and Tollen’s reagent.