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Module 6: Chapter 26 (Carbonyls & Carboxylic Acids) Flashcards

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Describe the oxidation reaction of a primary alcohol?

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Distillation
H+/Cr2O7^2- (acidified dichromate)
primary alcohol + [O] -> aldehyde + water
orange to green

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Describe the oxidation reaction of a secondary alcohol?

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Reflux
H+/Cr2O7^2- (acidified dichromate)
secondary alcohol + [O] -> ketone + water
orange to green

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Describe the oxidation reaction of a tertiary alcohol?

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Reflux
H+/Cr2O7^2- (acidified dichromate)
NO REACTION TAKES PLACE
solution remains orange

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Describe the colour change of acidified dichromate?

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H+/Cr2O7^2- ORANGE -> [Cr(H2O)5SO4]+ “Cr3+” GREEN

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What functional group do aldehydes and ketones both contain and where is it found on the carbon chain?

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Both contain the carbonyl functional group C=O

  • Aldehydes: C=O found at the end of the carbon chain
  • Ketones: C=O is joined to 2 different carbon atoms in the chain
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How do you name aldehydes?

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Adding “-al” as a suffix

PentanAL, ethanAL etc

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How do you name ketones?

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Adding “-one” as a suffix

Propanone, pentan-2-one, hexan-2-one etc

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What happens when aldehydes are further oxidised?

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  • Aldehydes can be further oxidised to carboxylic acid

Aldehyde + [O] -(reflux H+/Cr2O7^2-)-> carboxylic acid

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How can scientists distinguish between ketones and aldehydes?

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Further oxidation as ketones can’t be further oxidised, meanwhile aldehydes will become carboxylic acids

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What are aldehydes reduced into?

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Primary alcohols
- warmed with aqueous tetrahydridoborate (III) NaBH4 (the reducing agent)
aldehydes + 2[H] -NaBH4-> primary alcohols

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What are ketones reduced into?

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ketones + 2[H] -NaBH4-> secondary alcohols

- warmed with aqueous tetrahydridoborate (III) NaBH4 (the reducing agent)

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Describe the C=O bond

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C=O bond is composed of a σ-bond and a π-bond

  • the σ-bond is caused by direct overlap of orbitals between the C and O
  • the π-bond is formed by sideway overlap of p-orbitals above and below the place of C and O atoms
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Why is the C=O polar?

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  • Oxygen is more electronegative than carbon
  • Electron density in the double bond lies closer to the oxygen atom than to the carbon atom
  • This makes the carbon end partially positive and the oxygen end partially negative
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What happens because of the polar C=O bond?

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Due to partially positive bond on carbon, carbonyl compounds will react with nucleophiles in a nucleophilic addition reactions

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What is a nucleophile?

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An electron pair donor

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Draw the mechanism of carbonyl compounds with HCN

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Check in book

:CN- reacts first with carbon
H+ from HCN reacts with O

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Describe the reaction of carbonyl compounds with HCN

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  • HCN adds across C=O bond
  • HCN is extremely poisonous so NaCN/H2SO4 is used to provide HCN
  • reaction increases carbon chain length
  • organic product is a hydroxynitrile
  • nucleophilic addition reaction
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18
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Draw the mechanism of an aldehyde being reduced

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check in book

H- ion has 2 electrons that are from different atoms and comes from NaBH4
H from H2O makes hydroxyl group with oxygen

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Draw the mechanism of a ketone being reduced

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check in book

H- ion has 2 electrons that are from different atoms and comes from NaBH4
H from H2O makes hydroxyl group with oxygen

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What type of reaction is ketone/aldehyde and HCN (H+/NaCN)?

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Nucleophilic addition

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What reagent can be used to detect presence of a carbonyl group in a ketone or aldehyde?

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Brady’s reagent (yellow/orange precipitate)

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What is Brady’s reagent?

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  • Solution of 2,4-DNP dissolved in methanol and sulfuric acid
  • Detects presence of a carbonyl functional group in ketones or aldehydes only
  • Positive test results in a yellow/orange precipitate forming
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How can the identity of ketones and aldehydes be determined?

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  1. Separate precipitate by filtration from solution
  2. Recrystallise to obtain a pure sample
  3. Measure the melting point
  4. Measured melting point can be compared to known values
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What reagent can be used to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones?

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Tollen’s reagent

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What is Tollen’s reagent?

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Solution of silver nitrate in aqueous solution

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What is the positive test result of using Tollen’s reagent?

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In the presence of an aldehyde only a silver mirror is formed in an oxidation reaction

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What reactions happen with Tollen’s reagent with a positive test result?

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Ag+ ions act as the oxidising agent, Ag+ ions are reduced to silver and aldehyde is oxidised to a carboxylic acid

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What is the functional group of carboxylic acids?

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-COOH (or -CO2H)

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What are the partial charges on the carboxyl functional group?

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partially positive = C and H

partially negative = O

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How are carboxylic acids synthesised?

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Oxidation of primary alcohols (heating with H+/K2Cr2O7 under reflux)

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What is the suffix (naming) or carboxylic acids?

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-oic acid (Methanoic Acid)

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32
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What is a dicarboxylic acid?

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  • Contains 2 carboxyl functional groups

- suffix “-dioic acid” final e is kept of the alkane (e.g. Ethanedioic acid)

33
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How are benzene rings named with carboxylic acids?

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Benzoic acid

34
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What type of acids are carboxylic acids?

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Weak acids, they only partially dissociate in aqueous solution
CH3COOH(aq) ⇌ H+(aq) + CH3COO-(aq)

35
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Describe the solubility of carboxylic acids?

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The presence of polar C=O and O-H bonds means that carboxylic acids can form hydrogen bonds to themselves and also with water molecules
- hydrogen bonds can form at 3 places on the carboxyl function group with water

36
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Describe the trend in solubility within carboxylic acids?

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As the number of carbon atoms increases, the non-polar carbon chain has a greater effect on the overall polarity of the molecule, and the solubility decreases.

37
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Describe the trend in boiling points with carboxylic acids?

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as the length of the carbon chain increases melting points increase as more hydrogen bonds have to break between molecules

38
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Describe the reaction between carboxylic acids and alkalis?

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Alkali + Carboxylic Acid -> Carboxylate + Water

  • Neutralisation reaction
  • e.g. KOH (aq) + CH3COOH (aq) → CH3COOK (aq) + H2O(l)
  • can omit charges on carboxylate ion CH3COO-K+(aq)
  • potassium ethanoATE produced (sodium salt of ethanoic acid)
39
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What is the ionic equation for the reaction between carboxylic acid and an alkali?

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H+(aq) + OH- (aq) → H2O (l)

40
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What is the reaction between carboxylic acid and a carbonate?

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Carboxylic acid + Carbonate → Carboxylate + CO2 + H2O

  • e.g. Na2CO3(aq) + 2CH3COOH (aq) → 2 CH3COONa(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)
  • sodium ethanoate produced
  • neutralisation (?)
41
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What is the reaction between carboxylic acid and a metal?

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Carboxylic Acid + Metal → Carboxylate + Hydrogen Gas

  • E.g. Mg(s) + 2CH3COOH(aq) → (CH3COO)2Mg(aq) + H2(g)
  • Magnesium Ethanoate produced (CH3COO-)2Mg^2+
  • redox reaction (?)
42
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How do you draw a salt produced from a carboxylic acid?

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drawing the molecules in full, you draw the negative charge on the O molecule and the metal molecule next to it with the positive charge, e.g. O-Na+
- if the metal has a charge greater than +1 then the organic molecule doubles and write brackets around it

43
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What are the 7 reactions involving carboxylic acids?

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carboxylic acid + metal -> salt + hydrogen
carboxylic acid + metal oxide -> salt + water
carboxylic acid + alkali -> salt + water
carboxylic acid + carbonate -> salt + water + CO2

carboxylic acid + alcohol -> ester + water
carboxylic acid + SOCl2 -> acyl chloride + SO2 + HCl
carboxylic acid + carboxylic acid -> acid anhydride + H2O

44
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What is a derivative of a carboxylic acid?

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compound that can be hydrolysed to form the parent carboxylic acid

45
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What are the 4 derivatives of carboxylic acids?

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ester
acyl chloride
amide
acid anhydride

all have the acyl RCO group

46
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How do you name an ester?

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  • first part of the name is the alkyl group from the alcohol ( e.g. propanol becomes propyl)
  • second part of the name is from the carboxylic acid, “oic acid” replaced by “oate” (e.g. ethanoic acid becomes ethanoate

Propyl Ethanoate

47
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What is the general reaction for an ester?

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carboxylic acid + alcohol ⇌ ester + water

48
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What conditions does esterification happen under?

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  • catalysed by concentrated sulfuric acid (acidic)
  • under reflux
  • condensation reaction
  • reversible reaction eventually becomes an epm
49
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Methanol + butanoic acid?

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Methanol + butanoic acid ⇌ methyl butanoate + water

with concentrated H2SO4 under reflux

50
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What bond is broken in ester hydrolysis?

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single C-O bond

51
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What is hydrolysis?

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The chemical breakdown of a compound in the presence of water or in aqueous solution

52
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What is a condensation reaction?

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2 small molecules react together to form a larger molecule, with the elimination of a small molecule such as water

53
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What happens in acid hydrolysis?

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ester + water ⇌ carboxylic acid + alcohol

  • heated under reflux
  • catalysed with dilute aqueous acid
  • excess water can be added to push epm to the right and increase yield
54
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What happens in alkaline hydrolysis?

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ester + water -> salt + alcohol

  • salt is a sodium carboxylate (write the charges in structure)
  • irreversible
  • heated under reflux with NaOH(aq) solution
55
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What is the structure of an acyl chloride?

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Cl attached to a C attached to = O

56
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How are acyl chlorides formed?

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carboxylic acid + thionyl chloride (SOCl2) -> acyl chloride + sulfur dioxide (SO2(g)) + hydrogen chloride (HCl(g))
- harmful gases produced

57
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How do you name an acyl chloride?

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replace -oic acid with -oyl chloride

58
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Are acyl chlorides reactive?

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  • very reactive
  • very useful in organic synthesis
  • react with nucleophiles by losing Cl- whilst retaining C=O
59
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Draw/write the structure of an acid anhydride?

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ethanoic anhydride

H3C-C(=O)-O-C(=O)-CH3

60
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How is an acid anhydride made?

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removing water from 2 carboxylic acid molecules

2 carboxylic acid -> acid anhydride + water

61
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How do you name an acid anhydride?

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replace acid with anhydride

62
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What are the 3 reactions for preparing esters?

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  1. carboxylic acid + alcohol ⇌ ester + water (with concentrated acid catalyst)
  2. acyl chloride + alcohol -> ester + hydrogen chloride
  3. acid anhydride + alcohol -> ester + carboxylic acid
    - no catalyst needed as they are more reactive than carboxylic acids
63
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Ethanol + propanoyl chloride

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Ethanol + propanoyl chloride -> ethyl propanoate + HCl

64
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Ethanol + ethanoic anhydride

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Ethanol + ethanoic anhydride -> ethyl ethanoate + ethanoic acid

65
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What is a phenol?

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the hydroxyl group is attached directed to a benzene ring (hexagon)

66
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What are the 2 reactions for phenols?

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acyl chloride + phenol -(room temp)-> ester + hydrogen chloride
acid anhydride + phenol -(heat under reflux)-> ester + carboxylic acid
- acylating agents
- anhydrous conditions

67
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What are the 4 overall reactions of acyl chlorides?

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acyl chloride + alcohol -> ester + HCl
acyl chloride + phenol -> ester + HCl
acyl chloride + water -> carboxylic acid + HCl
acyl chloride + ammonia -> amide + ammonium chloride

68
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What are the 5 overall reactions of carboxylic acids?

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carboxylic acid + metal -> salt + hydrogen
carboxylic acid + alkali -> salt + water
carboxylic acid + metal oxide -> salt + water
carboxylic acid + carbonate -> salt + water + CO2
carboxylic acid + alcohol -> ester + water

69
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What are the 2 reactions for acid anhydrides?

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acid anhydride + alcohol -> ester + carboxylic acid

acid anhydride + phenol -> ester + carboxylic acid

70
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Ethanoic acid + Ca

A

(H3CCOO-)2Ca^2+ (write this even in formula) + H2

71
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Propanoic acid + MgO

A

(CH3CH2COO-)2Mg2+ + H2O

72
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Ethanoic acid + KOH

A

CH3COO-K+ + H2O

73
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Propyl butanoate + water

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Propyl butanoate + water ⇌(dilute acid) propanol + butanoic acid

74
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How can you distinguish between ketones and aldehydes? (ie after Brady’s reagent has been added)

A
  • recrystallise to purify
  • find the melting points
  • compare it with known values
75
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Bond angles in the COOH

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angle around C = 120º

angles around O = 104.5º

76
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What happens if you add HCl to a compound with more than one ester groups?

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C-O bond splits in all ester groups and creates more products

77
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What happens if a molecule has a hydroxyl group at one end and a carboxyl group at another, then in refluxed with an acid catalyst?

A

functional groups react with each other on the same molecule (form a ring)

78
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What are the apparatus parts of reflux?

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  • condenser (water out on top and water in on bottom)
  • pear shaped flash
  • anti bumping granules
79
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What is the process of reflux?

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A technique used for boiling volatile/flammable reactants/products over a prolonged period of time.
- any vapour formed is condensed back to a liquid and returned to the pear-shaped flask

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