[ORAL EXAM] Org Chem Flashcards
Methyl Alcohol AKA
Wood Alcohol
Toxicity of Methyl Alcohol
Blindness or Optic nerve damage
Treatment of Methyl Alcohol Toxicity
Ethanol
What causes the toxicity of methyl alcohol
Oxidation by alcohol dehydrogenase forming formic acid and formaldehyde
Ethyl Alcohol AKA
Grain Alcohol
Ethyl Alcohol is oxidized by the body by?
Acetaldehyde
Isopropyl Alcohol AKA
2-propanol
What functional group does water have similar structure with?
Ether
R-SH
Thiol
R-S-R
Thioether (sulfides)
What has weaker covalent bond?
a. Carbon-Sulfur
b. Carbon-Oxygen
a. Carbon-Sulfur
Carbon double-bonded to an oxygen atom
Carbonyl
What is possible?
Cyclic Aldehydes or Cyclic Ketones?
Cyclic Ketones
True or False?
Cyclic Ketones are heterocyclic ring systems
False
Simplest aldehyde
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is synthesized by the oxidation of what?
Methanol
used to preserve biological specimens
Formalin
Simplest ketone
Acetone
- Colorless liquid with mild sweet odor
- Major component of nail polish remover
Patients with diabetes produce large amounts of what?
Acetone
A male sex hormone, steroidal ketone
Testosterone
Aldehydes
how many carbons for gas
how many carbons for liquid
how many carbons for solid
Gas: C1-C2
Liquid: C3-C11
Solid: C12 and more
Color of lower mass Ketones
Colorless liquids
Produced by mild oxidation of primary alcohols
Aldehyde
Produced by mild oxidation of secondary alcohols
Ketone
What oxidizes primary and secondary alcohols
KMno4 and K2Cr2O7
What elements are used for reducing alcohols
Ni, Pt, Cu
Produced by reduction of Aldehydes
Primary Alcohol
Produced by reduction of Ketones
Secondary Alcohol
Tollens reagent is composed of?
AgNO3
NH3
Silver mirror test
Tollens Test
What does silver mirror test identify?
Detect aldehydes
Benedict’s Test oxidizing agent
Cu2
What color does Benedict’s solution form?
Forms Cu2O
Color: Brick-red precipitate
acid with 1 -COOH group
Monocarboxylic acids
acid with 2 -COOH group
Dicarboxylic acids