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1
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What are some chemicals used to distinguish an aldehyde from a ketone?

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Tollens reagent
Fehilinhs solution
Benedicts solution
Acidified Pottassium Dichromate

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What colour change occurs when tollens reagent reacts with an aldehyde?

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Silver mirror

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What colour change occurs if Fehilings solution reacts with an aldehyde?

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Blue to red

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4
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What colour change occurs if benedicts reacts with an aldehyde?

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Blue to red

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5
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What colour change happens when Acidfied Pottassium Dichromate reacts with an aldehyde?

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Orange to green

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6
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Does tollens reagent react with ketones?

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No

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7
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Does tollens reagent react with aldehydes?

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Yes

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8
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Does Fehilings solution react with aldehydes?

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Yes

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9
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Does Fehilings solution react with ketones?

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No

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10
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Does benedicts solution react with ketones?

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No

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11
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Does benedicts solution react with aldehydes?

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Yes

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12
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Does Acidfied Pottassium Dichromate react with ketones?

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No

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13
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Does Acidfied Pottassium Dichromate react with aldehydes?

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Yes

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14
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Is carbon dioxide symetical?

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Yes

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15
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What reaction happens when a vegetable oil turns into a vegetable fat?

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Hydrogenation

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16
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Can primary alcohols be oxidised?

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Yes

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17
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What are primary alcohols oxidised into?

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Aldehydes

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18
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Can aldehydes be oxidised?

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Yes

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19
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What are aldehydes oxidised into?

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Carboxylic acids

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20
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Can secondary alcohols be oxidised?

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Yes

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21
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What are secondary alcohols oxidised into?

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Ketones

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22
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Can ketones be oxidised?

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No

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23
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Can tertiary alcohols be oxidised?

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No

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24
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What is the molecular formula of isoprene?

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C5H8

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25
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What does meth mean?

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1

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26
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What does eth mean?

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2

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27
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What does prop mean?

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3

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28
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What does but mean?

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4

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29
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What does pent mean?

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5

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30
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What does hex mean?

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6

31
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What does hept mean?

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7

32
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What does Oct mean?

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8

33
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What are isomers?

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Isomers are compounds with the same molecular formulas but different structural formulas.

34
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Are hydrocarbons polar?

A

No

35
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What intermolecular forces do hydrocarbons contain?

A

London Dispersion Forces

36
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Are alkanes saturated?

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Yes

37
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What is the general formula for alkanes?

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CnH2n+1

38
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What does saturated mean?

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Only single carbon - carbon bonds

39
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Are alkenes saturated?

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No

40
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What does unsaturated mean?

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Contains a carbon - carbon double bond.

Can undergo addition reactions

41
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What is the general formula for alkenes?

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CnH2n

42
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Are alkanes unsaturated?

A

No

43
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Are alkenes unsaturated?

A

Yes

44
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What functional groups do alkanols have?

A

Hydroxyl group

45
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Are alkanols soluble in water?

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Yes

46
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How does increasing the molecular size of alkanols affect their solubility?

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As size increases solubility in water decreases

47
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What is a primary alcohol?

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When the carbon bonded to the o-h group is bonded to one other carbon

48
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What is a secondary alcohol?

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When the carbon bonded to the o-h group is bonded to two other carbons

49
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What is a tertiary alcohol?

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When the carbon bonded to the o-h group is bonded to three other carbons

50
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What is a diol?

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An alcohol with two hydroxyl groups

51
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What is a triol?

A

An alcohol with three hydroxyl groups

52
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What is a trihydric acid?

A

An alcohol with 3 hydroxyl groups

53
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What is Glycerols systematic name?

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Propan-1,2,3-triol

54
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What functional group do carboxylic acids have?

A

Carboxyl group

55
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Can carboxylic acids be neutralised with bases?

A

Yes

56
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What are bases?

A

Metal oxidises
Metal hydroxides
Metal carbonates

57
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What functional groups do aldehydes contain?

A

Carbonyl group

58
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What functional groups do ketones contain?

A

Carbonyl

59
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How are esters formed?

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Esters are formed from the condensation reaction between alcohols and carboxylic acids.

60
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What are fats and oils?

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Esters

61
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Do fats or oils have higher melting points?

A

Fats

62
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What is produced by the hydrolysis of a fat or oil?

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3 moles of carboxylic acid to one mole of alcohol

63
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Are oils more unsaturated than fats ?

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Yes

64
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What are soaps made from?

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The alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils

65
Q

Soaps head is?

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Ionic and hydrophilic

66
Q

Soaps tail is?

A

Hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain that dissolves in oil

67
Q

Are proteins polymers?

A

Yes

68
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What are polymers?

A

Made up of smaller monomers

69
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What monomers are proteins made up of?

A

Amino acids

70
Q

What functional groups do amino acids contain?

A

Amino group

Carboxyl group

71
Q

Proteins are broken up in a digestion process called…

A

Hydrolysis

72
Q

What are terpenes?

A

Common compounds found in essential oils, based on units of isoprene joined together

73
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How do you find the number of isoprene units in a terpene?

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Count the carbons and divide by 5

74
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How does saturation affect melting point?

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The more saturated a molecule is the more hydrogen atoms it has, so the more saturated a molecule is the higher the melting point

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