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What is the functional group?

A

Group of atoms in a molecule responsible for its chemical properties

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What is a homologous series?

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Group of chemicals containing the same functional group, which therefore have similar chemical properties

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What is the functional group of an alkene?

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C=C

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What is the functional group of an alcohol?

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O-H

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Do alkenes combust?

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Alkanes burn in oxygen, this combustion can be complete or incomplete

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What is an addition reaction?

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Double bond breaks to allow other atoms to join the molecule, a new bond forms to each carbon atom in the double bond

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What are the conditions needed for an addition reaction of an alkene to produce an alkane?

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Hydrogen present
Platinum catalyst
150° C

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What are the conditions needed for an addition reaction to produce an alcohol?

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Water present
An H3PO4 catalyst
300° C

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What are the conditions needed to produce a halo alkane in an addition reaction?

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Having a halogen present

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10
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Do alcohols combust?

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Alcohols burn in oxygen

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What can alcohols be used as?

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Solvent
Feedstock
Fuel

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12
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What is the fermentation of glucose?

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Glucose forms, ethanol and carbon dioxide when yeast respires anaerobically in 37°C heat

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What is the hydration of ethene?

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Ethan forms ethanol when it is past with steam over a phosphoric acid catalyst at 300° C under pressure of 60 to 70 atmospheres

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What is the oxidation of an alcohol?

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The alcohol molecule has oxygen atoms added to it to form a carboxylic acid, the chemical added is an oxidising agent.

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What are alcohols?

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Alcohol is neutral but react slowly with sodium

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What is the functional group of a carboxylic acid?

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O
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C - OH

17
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Are carboxylic acids, strong acids?

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No, a carboxylic acid is only partially dissociated and therefore forms an equilibrium in water. This means that H+ is released.

18
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What do carboxylic acids react with?

A

Bases

19
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What is the functional group of an Esther?

A

O
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C. - O

20
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How do you obtain an Esther?

A

Reactions of alcohols with carboxylic acids

21
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What catalyst is used in esterification?

A

Sulphuric acid

22
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What is a monomer?

A

Small molecules that can be joined to other molecules to make a long chain molecule

23
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What is a polymer?

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Long chain made up from joining lots of small molecules together

24
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What is an addition reaction?

A

Double bond is broken

25
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What is polymerisation?

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Many monomers joining together to form a polymer

26
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How do we name a Polymer?

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Place poly-, in front of the name of the monomer

27
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What is the only thing that changes in addition polymerisation?

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The double bond

28
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What is a condensation reaction?

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Reaction that eliminates a small small molecule such as water when the reactants join together

29
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What is true of esterification?

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It’s a condensation reaction

30
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How are polyesters formed?

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By reacting diols and dicarboxylic acid

31
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How can we work out the monomer?

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We can work out the monomer by looking at where the Esther bonds are

32
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What is the important to remember?

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We can have a monomer that has two different functional groups

33
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What are the similarities between the two types of polymerisation?

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Both made of monomers
Both form long chains

34
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What are the differences between the two types of polymerisation?

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C=C in addition and alcohol and carboxylic acid
Addition has only one monomer, condensation can have one or more
Addition has no side products whereas condensation produces H2O
Addition is a long carbon single bond chain whereas condensation has an ester functional group

35
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What are the four biological polymers?

A

Glucose - Cellulose
Glucose - Starch
Nucleotides - DNA
Amino acids - Polypeptides

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