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what is crude oil?

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  • remains of plankton that was buried in mud and compressed over time
  • a mixture of a very large number of compounds which are mainly hydrocarbons
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what is a hydrocarbon?

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molecules made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms only

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what are alkanes?

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  • simplest form of hydrocarbons
  • homologous series (all react similarly)
  • all end in -ane
  • CnH2n+2 (general formula)
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types of alkanes

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methane - CH4
ethane - C2H6
propane - C3H8
butane - C4H10

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how is crude oil separated?

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fractional distillation

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how are hydrocarbons in crude oil used?

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  • processed to produce fuels and feedstock for the petrochemical industry
  • fuels eg. petrol, diesel oil, kerosene, heavy fuel oil and liquefied petroleum gases (dependent on these due to our modern lifestyle)
  • useful materials are produced
    by the petrochemical industry eg. solvents, lubricants,
    polymers, detergents (dependent on these due to our modern lifestyle)
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how do the different fractions of crude oil happen?

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due to the ability of carbon atoms to form families of similar
compounds=wide variety of natural and synthetic carbon compounds

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properties of hydrocarbons

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shorter hydrocarbons:
- less viscous
- low b.p=more volatile
- more flammable
these all affect how they’re used as fuels, short chain hydrocarbons with low b.p are used as bottled gases (LPGs)
- saturated due to C-C single bond

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complete combustion of hydrocarbons

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hydrocarbon+oxygen –> carbon dioxide+water (+energy)
- both the caron and hydrogen are oxidised

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what is cracking?

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breaking down long chain hydrocarbons into smaller hydrocarbons which are more useful as fuels

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types of cracking

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catalytic - using a catalyst
steam - using steam

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how does cracking work?

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in a cracker, heavier fractions are heated to high temp to vaporize hydrocarbons
- vapour can be either passed over a hot catalyst or mixed with steam and heated to extremely high temp

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products of cracking

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shorter alkane
alkene

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why is cracking useful?

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allows us to meet the high demand of fuels with shorter hydrocarbons

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properties of alkenes

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  • more reactive then alkanes due to being unsaturated (C=C double bond)
  • used to make polymers and as starting materials to make other products
  • react with bromine water (test of hydrocarbons)
  • homologous series
  • CnH2n (general formula)
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bromine water test

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orange bromine water turns colourless when an alkene is added, forming a dibromo-compound

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types of alkenes

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ethene - C2H4
propene - C3H6
butene - C4H8
pentene - C5H10

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(incomplete) combustion of alkenes

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alkene+oxygen –> carbon+carbon monoxide+carbon dioxide+water (+energy)

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how do alkenes react?

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via addition reactions
most of them react similarly due to having the same functional group C=C

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how do alkenes react with water/steam?

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  • when alkenes react steam, water is added across double bond=alcohol formed
    eg. ethene+steam then passing over a catalyst=ethanol
  • done industrially
  • after the reaction occurs, reaction mixture is passed from reactor to a condenser because ethanol and water both have higher b.p than ethene so they both condense and any unreacted ethene is recycled back to the reactor
  • alcohol is then purified through fractional distillation
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how do alkenes react with hydrogen?

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  • called hydrogenation
  • hydrogen opens up double bonded carbons to form a saturated alkane
  • reacts in the presence of a catalyst
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how do alkenes react with halogens?

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  • C=C double bond opens up and forms a saturated molecule as each carbon from the double bond bonds with a halogen atom
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how do alkenes react with oxygen?

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in combustion reactions but they tend to burn in air with smoky flames because of incomplete combustion

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features of alcohols

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  • functional group -OH
  • general formula CnH2n+1OH
  • homologous series
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types of alcohol

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methanol CH3OH
ethanol C2H5OH
propanol C3H7OH
butanol C4H9OH

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how does alcohol react in air

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  • undergo complete combustion
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how does alcohol react when added to water?

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  • soluble in water
  • give a solution with a neutral pH
28
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how does alcohol react with sodium?

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  • produce hydrogen and a salt
    eg. sodium + methanol → sodium methoxide + hydrogen
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how does alcohol react with an oxidising agent?

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form carboxylic acids

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uses of alcohols

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  • methanol and ethanol are used as solvents in the industry because they can dissolve anything water dissolves and other substances water can’t dissolve eg. hydrocarbons, oils and fats
  • fuels eg ethanol is used as a fuel in spirit burners - burn fairly cleanly and non-smelly
  • ethanol is used in alcoholic drinks eg. wine+beer
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how can ethanol be made naturally?

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fermentation

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how does fermentation happen?

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  • sugar or starch is dissolved in water and yeast is added
  • the mixture is then fermented between 15 and 35°C with the absence of oxygen for a few days
  • works fastest at 37 C, in a slightly acidic solution, with no oxygen
  • yeast contains enzymes that break down sugar to glucose
  • yeast are killed off once the concentration of alcohol reaches around 15%, hence the reaction vessel is emptied and the process is started again
  • reason why ethanol production by fermentation is a batch process
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(anaerobic) fermentation reaction

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C6H12O6 + Enzymes → 2CO2 + 2C2H5OH

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features of carboxylic acids

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  • functional group -COOH
  • homologous series
  • general formula CnH2n+1COOH
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types of carboxylic acids

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methanoic acid - HCOOH
ethanoic acid - CH3COOH
propanoic acid - C2H5COOH
butanoic acid - C3H7COOH

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how do carboxylic acids react with carbonates?

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like any other acid but the salts formed in -anoate
eg. ethanoic acid+sodium carbonate –> sodium ethanoate+water+carbon dioxide

37
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how do carboxylic acids react with alcohols?

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  • form esters which have the functional group -COO-
  • acid catalyst usually used eg. concentrated sulfuric acid
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ester formula

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alcohol+carboxylic acid -acid catalyst-> ester+water
eg. ethanoic acid+ethanol –> ethyl ethanoate+water

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how do carboxylic acids dissolve in water?

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when they dissolve, they ionise and release H+ ions=acidic solution but they partially ionise=weak acidic solutions
- so they a higher pH then aqueous solutions of strong acids with the same concentration

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why are carboxylic acids weak?

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they dont fully ionise/dissociate into their H+ ions

41
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what is addition polymerisation?

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many small molecules
(monomers) join together to form very large molecules (polymers)

42
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features of addition polymers

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  • In addition polymers the repeating unit has the same atoms as the monomer because no other molecule is formed in the reaction
43
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what are alkenes used to make?

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polymers such as poly(ethene) and poly(propene) by addition polymerisation

44
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what is condensation polymerisation?

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  • involves monomers with two
    functional groups
  • when these types of monomers react they join together, usually losing small molecules such as water, and so the reactions are called condensation reactions.
  • simplest polymers are made from two different monomers with two of the same functional groups
    eg. ethanediol and hexanedioic acid polymerise to make a polyester
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addition vs condensation polymerisation

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addition
- only one monomer with a C=C double bond
- only one product formed
- only one functional group on a monomer (C=C)

condensation
- two monomers with the same functional group eg. ethanol and propanol
- two types of product formed, a polymer and a small molecule ge. water
- two functional group on a monomer

46
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features of amino acids

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  • 2 functional groups NH2 + COOH eg. glycine (smallest amino acid)
47
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how do amino acids react?

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by condensation polymerisation to produce polypeptides

48
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how do different amino acids react?

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they combine is the same chain to form proteins (long chain/s of polypeptides)

49
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what is DNA?

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  • large molecule essential for life
  • encodes genetic material
    Most DNA molecules are two polymer chains, made from four
    different monomers called nucleotides, in the form of a double helix.
    Other naturally occurring polymers important for life include
    proteins, starch and cellulose.
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structure of DNA

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two polymer chains, made from four different monomers called nucleotides, in the form of a double helix

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other naturally occuring polymers

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starch and cellulose which are made from sugars which are small molecules that contain carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
- sugars react together through polymerisation to form larger carbohydrate polymers

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