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Question 1

What process can be used to produce alcohol?

Answer 1

fermentation

Question 2

How can ethanol and other alcohols be produced?

Answer 2

By reacting alkenes with water catalytic hydration

Question 3

What is alcohol?

Answer 3

family of molecules (homologous series)
contain hydroxyl group
Names end in -ol

Question 4

What is the general formula

Answer 4

CnH2n+1+OH

Question 5

Describe the boiling point of alcohols

Answer 5

Boiling point increases as the number of carbon increases

Larger molecules have stronger forces between them

Question 6

What are isomers

Answer 6

Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures

Question 7

What is a use of alcohol

Answer 7

used as a solvent, the short cahin alcohols can dissolve variety of compounds

Question 8

How do alcohols burn

Answer 8

Burn easily

Burn with a clean blue flame

Question 9

Advantage as ethanol as fuel

Answer 9

Renewable fuel since it can be produced by fermentation of sugar cane

Question 10

What is a carboxylic acid

Answer 10

Homologous series of family of molecules
Named after relevant alkane with same number of carbons
Name ends in -oic acid
contain carboxyl group COOH

Question 11

General formula for carboxylic acid

Answer 11

CnH2n+1 COOH