Module 4 Chapter 14 Flashcards

1
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What are the uses of alcohols

A

Sanitisers
Perfumes
Solvents -> mixtures
Cooking
Fuel -> combustion
Drink -> ethanol

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2
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What are the two ways to make ethanol

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Through yeast fermentation.
Or by the hydration of ethane

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3
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What is required for the hydration of ethene

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Water is required to be added as steam and a phosphoric acid catalyst

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4
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What do alcohols contain and what determines their physical and chemical properties

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-OH functional groups = hydroxyl group
Physical and chemical properties of alcohols are due to the -OH

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5
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How are alcohols named

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Suffix-ol added to the stem of the longest carbon chain
And its position is indicated with a number of

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6
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What are the physical properties of alcohols

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Alcohols are less volatile (compared to alkenes)

They have a high melting point

Greater water solubility

As carbon chain length increases alkanes and alcohols become more similar

Differences are due to the polarity present in alkanes and alcohols

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7
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What are alcohols molecules therefore (polar) and what are the intermolecular forces that are present therefore

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They are therefore polar
And the intermolecular forces will be very weak London forces but there will also be much stronger hydrogen bonds between the polar O-H groups.

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8
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What is volatility

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The tendency of a substance to evaporate at normal temperatures.

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9
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What happens when going from liquid to gas and the relative energy to make it do so compared to an alkane

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All the intermolecular forces are broken to go from a liquid to gas and because hydrogen bonds are present more energy is required than a weak London forces in an alkane

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10
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What is the solubility of alcohols

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Alcohols can form hydrogen bonds with water
And therefore they are very soluble in water (hydrophilic)

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11
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What is the solubility of alkanes

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Alkanes are non-polar and they can’t form hydrogen bonds with water

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12
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What is the difference in solubility between small alcohols compared to large

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Small alcohols are completely soluble in water, hydrogen bonds form between polar - OH groups of alcohol and therefore water molecules
As HC chain increases in size, the power of the -OH group become smaller and solubility decreases.

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13
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What are the different types of alcohols and what classifies each of the alcohols

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Primary, second and tertiary
It depends on the number of H atoms and alkyl groups attached to the carbon with the alcohol group.

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14
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What are primary alcohols

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They -OH group is attached to two hydrogen atoms and one alkyl group (except for methanol)

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15
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What are secondary alcohols

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The -OH group is attached to a carbon that is attached to one hydrogen and two alkyl groups

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16
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What is a tertiary alcohol

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An alcohol with an OH group that is attached to a carbon that has three alcohols attached to it

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17
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Uses of Methanol

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High performance fuel (efficient combustion), chemical feedstock ,converted to polymers, paints, etc.

18
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What are the uses of ethanol

A

Alcoholic drinks, fuels, solvent, feedstock

19
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What are the two combustion reactions that alcohols can undergo

A

Complete combustion making water and carbon dioxide
Incomplete combustion producing water and carbon monoxide or water and carbon (soot)

20
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As the number of carbon atoms in the alcohol increases what occurs

A

The more heat per mole is released

21
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What can primary alcohols be oxidised by and what is this usually

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They can be oxidised by an oxidising agent
And this is usually a mixture of potassium dichromate (VI), K2Cr2O7, acidified with dilute sulphuric acid.

22
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What happens if the alcohol is oxidised (colour)

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The orange dichromate (VI) ions are reduced to a green solution containing chromium ions.

23
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What can alcohols be oxidised to

A

Either aldehydes or carboxylic acids

24
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What does the product of an oxidation of an alcohol depend on

A

The reaction conditions used, and aldehydes can also be oxidised to carboxylic acids.

25
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What is the functional group of an aldehyde and a carboxylic acid

26
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How are aldehydes made

A

Gentle heating of primary alcohols with acidified potassium dichromate, forms an aldehyde.

Aldehyde is distilled out of the reaction mixture as it forms —> this is to stop it from oxidising further to a carboxylic acid with the oxidising agent

27
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What is the colour change when aldehydes are made

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Orange to green

28
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DRAW THE REACTION WHEN butan-1-ol reacts with an oxidising agent to form butanal

29
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How are carboxylic acids made

A

Primary alcohols are heated strongly under reflux (which ensures that any aldehyde formed initially in the reaction also undergoes oxidation to carboxylic acid)
An excess of acidified potassium dichromate is used (ensuring all the alcohol is oxidised)

30
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What are secondary alcohols oxidised to

A

They are oxidised to ketones, and no further oxidation is possible when using acidified dichromate (VI)

31
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How are secondary alcohols oxidised to ketones and what is the colour change

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They are heated under reflux with the oxidising agent
The dichromate ions change orange —> green

32
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DRAW the reaction of propan-2-ol with an oxidising agent producing propanone

33
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What is the oxidation reactions of tertiary alcohols and what is the colour change

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They do not undergo oxidation reactions
Dichromatae (VI) ions remain orange when added to a tertiary alcohol

34
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Why ant tertiary alcohols not be oxidised

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Because the carbon atom that carries the OH group does not have a hydrogen atom attached but it is instead bonded to other carbon atoms.

35
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What is a dehydration reaction

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Any reaction where a water molecule has been removed

36
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What is required fr dehydration of an alcohol to take place and what type of reaction is it

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An alcohol is heated under reflux in the presence of an acid catalyst (concentrated sulphuric acid/ phosphoric acid)
You will make an alkene
And it is an elimination reaction

37
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What is the reaction of cyclohexanol to cyclohexane

38
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What occurs when hydrogen halides are added to alcohols

A

Haloalkanes form

39
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What is required for the substitution of alcohols

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The alcohol is heated under reflux with sulphuric acid and sodium halide, hydrogen halide is formed in situ
Hydrogen halide reacts with alcohol to produce the haloalkane

40
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DRAW THE TWO REACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE IN THIS REACTION (substitution of alcohols to form a haloalkane)