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What two structures can carbon form?

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  • giant macromolecular structures

- simple molecular structures

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What are the natural polymers?

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  • DNA/RNA
  • proteins
  • lipids
  • carbohydrates
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3
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What is crude oil?

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A mixture of hydrocarbons

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4
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What is a homologous series?

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A family of organic compounds with:

  • similar chemical properties
  • the same general formula
  • the same functional group
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5
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Give the names of the two homologous series for GCSE:

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alkanes

alkenes

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6
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What is the life form which forms crude oil?

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Aquatic life (ancient biomass)

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What is a hydrocarbon?

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A compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

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8
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What is the functional group for Alkanes?

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Single bonded carbons

Saturated

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9
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What is the general formula for Alkanes?

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C n H 2 n+2

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What are the first four members of the alkane group?

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methane, ethane, propane, butane

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What is the functional group for alkenes?

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Double carbon bond

Unsaturated

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12
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What is the general formula for alkenes?

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C n H 2n

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What are the first four members of the alkene group?

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Ethene, propene, butene, pentene

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14
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What are fractions?

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The different groups of hydrocarbons separated during fractional distillation

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15
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What are the different fractions?

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natural gases (methane, ethane, propane, butane)
liquids (petrol, diesel, kerosene, fuel oil)
solid (wax, butamen)

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16
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What is kerosene used in?

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aeroplane fuel

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17
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What is the structure of a hydrocarbon?

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Simple molecular structures

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18
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What is the bonding in a hydrocarbon?

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Covalent bonds between atoms but weak intermolecular forces between molecules

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19
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What is the relationship between the size of the hydrocarbon chain and the boiling point? Why?

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As the length of the hydrocarbon chain increases. so does the boiling point. This is since the IMFs increases as there are more electrons.

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What is the relationship between the size of the hydrocarbon chain and the flammability?

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As the length of the hydrocarbon chain increases, the flammabiity decreases.

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What is flammability?

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The ability to burst into flames

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What is the relationship between the size of the hydrocarbon chain and the viscosity?

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As the length of the hydrocarbon chain increases, the greater the viscosity.

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What must be done to crude oil for it to be of any use?

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Processed or refined in an oil refinery

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24
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Describe how fractional distillation works:

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1) Crude oil is boiled to 450 degrees and pumped into the bottom of a fractionating column, where it vaporises
2) The column is very hot at the bottom but much cooler at the top (temperature gradient). As the vaporised oil rises, it cools and condenses.
3) Heavy fractions (containing large molecules) have a high boiling point and condense near the bottom of the column
4) Lighter fractions have a lower boiling point and condense further up the column

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25
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What is naptha used for?

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As a chemical feedstock and diluting diesel

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26
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What type of reaction is the combustion of alkanes?

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Oxidation as the addition of oxygen occurs

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27
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What is cracking?

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The decomposition of long chain alkanes to make more useful shorter chain alkanes and an alkene

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28
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Why is cracking conducted?

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  • high demand for short chainlength hydrocarbons which are used as fuels
  • demand for alkenes, needed to make polymers
  • crude oil contains lots of long chainlength alkanes which aren’t useful
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29
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What are the two types of cracking?

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  • catalytic cracking

- steam cracking

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30
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What is catalytic cracking?

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Hydrocarbon vapours passed over a hot powedered catalyst e.g. Aluminium Oxide at 450 degrees

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31
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What is steam cracking?

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Mixing long chainlength hydrocarbons with steam and heating to a very high temperature

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32
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What is the general fromula for a cracking reaction?

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Long Chain hydrocarbon = short chain alkane + alkene

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33
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What is the test for unsaturation (alkene)?

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Add orange bromine water to alkene smaple and the orange solution will turn colourless if an alkene is present

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34
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What is the relative reactivity of a saturated and unsaturated molecule?

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Unsaturated is more reactive than saturated

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35
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What is viscosity a measure of?

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The ability for molecules to slid past each other

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36
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What is isomerism?

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When atoms can be arranged differently to make different compounds with different properties

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37
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What does an alkene react differently to an alkane?

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It contains a double carbon bond

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38
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What is the equation for the reaction between bromine water and an alkene?

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Bromine + Alkene = 1,2 - dibromo(prefix)ane

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39
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What is the equation for the reaction between bromine water and ethene?

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Ethene + Bromine = 1,2 - dibromoethane

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40
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What type of reaction is the reaction between bromine and an alkene?

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Addition reaction

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41
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What happens when hydrogen is added to an alkene?

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The double carbon bons saturates, turning the alkene into an alkane

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42
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What happens when steam is added to an alkene?

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An alcohol is formed

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43
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What is a chemical feedstock? Give an example from crude oil

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A starting chemical which can be used to produce many other products e.g. naptha

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What are the products of complete combustion between an alkene and oxygen?

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Carbon dioxide and water

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What are the products of incomplete combustion between an alkene and oxygen?

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Carbon monoxide and water

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Why are the flames typically smoky in a reaction between an alkene and oxygen?

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The alkene is incompletely combusting

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47
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Describe the conditions of a hydrogenation reaction?

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nickel catalyst at 150 degrees

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48
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Describe the conditions of a hydration reacction:

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High pressure, high temperature (300) and with a catalyst of phosphoric acid

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49
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What is the commercial use of an alkene reacted with hydrogen?

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Used to harden margerine

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50
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What is the commerical use of producing alcohols from alkene hydration?

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Solvent, disinfectant and perfumes

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51
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What is the order of atoms displayed in the formula?

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C, H, O, N, P, S and then the rest

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52
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What are the conditions for a reaction between a halogen and alkene?

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Room temperature and pressure

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53
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What is the commerical use a reaction between bromine and alkene?

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To test for unsaturation

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54
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What is the product when a halogen and alkene react?

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Halogenoalkane

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55
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Describe the bond process in a reaction between a halogen and an alkene:

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The carbon double bond breaks and the bromine molecule breaks. The bromine atoms then add to each carbon.

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56
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What happens to the functional group of an alkene in an addition reaction?

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the double bond splits and adds on to the reactant

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57
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Name the first four alcohols?

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Methanol,ethanol, propanol, butanol

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58
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What is the functional group for an alcohol?

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O-H

59
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What is the relationship between alcohol chainlengeth and reaction with sodium? Why?

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The more carbons in the alcohol, the less vigirous the reaction is. Increasing the chainlength decreases solubility

60
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Describe the observations in a reaction between sodium and alcohols?

A
  • gas is produced
  • sodium moves about on surface (gas gives upthrust)
  • sodium dissolves
61
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Why can the hydrogen produced in a reaction between an alcohol and sodium not be tested with the squeaky pop?

A

The alcohol is highly flammable so don’t want naked flame near it

62
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What coloured flame indicates complete combustion of alcohol?

A

Blue

63
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What coloured flame indicates incomplete combustion of alcohol?

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Yellow

64
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What is the relationship between alcohol chain length and combustion?

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as carbon chainlength increases, less complete combustion occurs and incomplete combustion increases with alcohols

65
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What happens in a reaction between low carbon chain alcohols and water?

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The low carbon chain alcohols will dissolve in water to form a solution

66
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What happens between water and alcohols as the chainlength increases?

A

More layers build up on top of the water than dissolve in it, making the solution unclear

67
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Why does not all the alcohol dissolve in water?

A
  • the functional group is hydrophillic

- the rest is hydrophobic

68
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What does hydrophillic mean?

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  • miscible - will dissolve in water to make a clear solution
69
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What does hydrophobic mean?

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  • immiscible - will not dissolve in water and will instead build up on top of it
70
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What is the pH of a solution with a dissolved alcohol in water?

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Neutral 7

71
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What are the two ways to produce alcohol?

A
  • hydration

- fermentation

72
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What are the reagents in fermentation?

A

Sugar dissolved in water

73
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What are the conditions of fermentation?

A

Yeast enzymes at 37 degrees without oxygen, in slightly acidic conditions

74
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Is hydration sustainable? Why?

A

No as the ethene comes from a crude oil source fractionally distilllated and cracked

75
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Is fermentation sustainable? WHy?

A

Yes as it uses a renewable resource

76
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What type of process is fermentation?

A

Batch process

77
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What type of process is hydration?

A

continuous process

78
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What is the use of ethanol made from fermentation?

A

Alcoholic drinks and biofuel

79
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How can the use of bioethanol be deemed as carbon neutral?

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  • if the equation for photosynthesis, fermentation and ethanol combustion are written out, these are the three reactions which ethanol undergoes
  • all the reactants can be cancelled out with the products
  • meaning no more carbon is contributed into the atmosphere
80
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How are carboxylic acids made?

A

By oxidising an alcohol with an agent such as potassium dichromate in sulfuric acid

81
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How do we know when the alcohol has been oxidised?

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The potassium dichromate is a bright orange colour which will turn green when reduced

82
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How can we tell if a solution is acidic?

A
  • add universal indicator and will turn red/orange/yellow

- dip in blue litmus paper and it will turn red

83
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What type of acids are weak?

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Organic acids e.g. carboxylic acids

84
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What is the functional group of a carboxylic acid?

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COOH

85
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What is the salt functional group formed from a carboxylic acid?

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COO-

86
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How is the acid carboxylic acid named?

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-talking the name of the alkane, removing the -e and adding -oic acid

87
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How is the salt from carboxylic acid named?

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  • taking the name of the alkane, remove the -e and adding -oate
88
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What are the first four carboxylic acids?

A

Methanoic acid
Ethanoic acid
Propanoic acid
Butanoic acid

89
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What are the first four carboxylic salts?

A

methanoate
ethanoate
propanoate
butanoate

90
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What is formed when a carboxylic acid and a metal carbonate react?

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a metal salt, carbon dioxide and water

91
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What is the charge of a carbonate ion?

A

2-

92
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What type of reactions are Ester and polyester formations?

A

Condensation

93
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What is a condensation reaction?

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A reaction which releases a molecule of water

94
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What is the reaction for Ester formation?

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Alcohol + Carboxylic acid = Ester + water

95
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What are the conditions for the Ester reaction?

A

the carboxylic acid is hot

96
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Write out the equation for the reaction of ethanol and ethanoic acid

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Ethanol + ethanoic acid = Ethyl ethanoate + water

97
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What is the Ester formed from methanol and ethanoic acid ?

A

Methyl ethanoate

98
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What is the Ester formed from propanol and methanoic acid?

A

Propyl methanoate

99
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What is removed from the alcohol and carboxylic acid in a formation reaction to make the water?

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The hydrogen atom from the O-H in the alcohol and the H-O from the carboxylic acid

100
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What is an Ester linkage ?

A

A carbon atom with a single covalent bond to an oxygen atom and a double covalent bond to another oxygen atom

101
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What are the two reactants to make a polyester ?

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Dialcohol and dicarboxylic Acid

102
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Why do the reactants in polyester formation have to be di— ?

A

So the functional groups are at either end of the molecule to continually link the different molecules producing a chain

103
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What are removed from the alcohol and acid in polymer formation?

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The H from the alcohol and the OH from the acid

104
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What are the ends of the polyester with no element attached to the bond called?

A

Trailing bonds

105
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How many water molecules are released in a polyester reaction?

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Double the amount of dialcohol and dicarboxylic acid molecules there are

106
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What is a polymer?

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A large compound which replicates a repeating unit many times. It has a simple molecular structure

107
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What is an amide linkage?

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A single bonded carbon and nitrogen atom with a double bond oxygen on the carbon and a single bond hydrogen on the nitrogen

108
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What polymer is made when it contains an amide linkage functional group?

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A polyamide

109
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What are the natural polyesters?

A

fats/lipids

110
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What type of compound is a polyester?

A

Synthetic

111
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What are polyamides made from?

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A dicarboxylic acid and a diamine monomer

112
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What are the synthetic polyamides?

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Nylon and kevlar

113
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What are the natural polyamides?

A

Dipeptides and proteins

114
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What are removed from the molecules in polyamide formation to make the water molecules?

A

The OH from the acid and one of the H’s from the amine

115
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What is a diamine molecule?

A

H2N - (C) - NH2

116
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How many amino acids are there?

A

20

117
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What is the structure of an amino acid?

A

An amine part linked to carbon bonded with a hydrogen and (R) which is linked to the acid functional group (COOH)

118
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What changes in the amino acid structure to make the different types?

A

The (R) bonded below the carbon atom

119
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What do two monomores of amino acids make?

A

A dipeptide and a water molecule

120
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What is a polypeptide formed from?

A

Many dipeptides joined with other amino acids

121
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What does a protein consist of?

A

4 polypeptides

122
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What is removed from the amino acids in condensation polymerisation?

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The OH from the COOH and an H from the NH2

123
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What is the monomer of DNA?

A

A nucleotide

124
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What are the four nucleotides?

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Thymine, adenine and guanine, cytosine

125
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How do nucleotides combine?

A

In a condensation polymerisation

126
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What is the structure of DNA?

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Two long polymer chains of 4 types of nucleotides, held together in a double helix

127
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What does deoxyribonucleic acid do?

A

Store genetic information

128
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How many types of monomers are need for a condensation polymerisation and an addition polymerisation?

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2 for condensation and 1 for addition

129
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How many products are there in addition polymerisation? Condensation?

A

2 in condensation and 1 in addition

130
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What is the linkage in an addition polymerisation?

A

A carbon atom singly bonded to another carbon atom

131
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What is the functional group for an addition polymerisation?

A

Alkenes (carbon double bond carbon)

132
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Is the product of addition polymerisation biodegradable?

A

No as it is a plastic

133
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Is the product of condensation polymerisation biodegradable?

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yes

134
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What are the uses of substances produced by the petrochemical industry?

A

fuel, solvent, lubricant, polymer, detergent

135
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What are the features of steam cracking?

A
  • high temperature
  • quick
  • lots of alkenes made
136
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What molecules does catalytic cracking typically make?

A

More small chain alkanes

137
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What can be changed in order to change the properties of a polymer?

A
  • change the monomers from which the polymer is made

- change the conditions (temp, pressure, catalyst) used in the reaction

138
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Describe how catalytic cracking works:

A
  • large alkane is heated until it vaporises
  • it is passed over a hot catalyst (zeolite)
  • which cracks the large alkane into small alkanes
139
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Why is methanoic acid weak?

A

Since it only partially ionises in an aqeuous solution meaning there is a low concentration of H+ ions

140
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What are the typical conditions for polymerisation?

A

High pressure and a catalyst

141
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In what type of flame do alkenes combust?

A

A smoky yellow flame

142
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Why are alcohols better solvents than water?

A

It can dissolve in hydrocarbons, oils and fats whereas water can’t

143
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How do the nucleotides stay together in DNA?

A

Via cross links

144
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What catalyst is used in ester production?

A

An acid catalyst

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