Organic Chemistry

Question 1

What fo primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols oxidise into?

Answer 1

Primary: to aldehyde to acid

secondary: to ketone
tertiary: doesn’t oxidise

Question 2

How to make an ionic equation?

Start with the half equations

Answer 2

1. Remove all the oxygen, and balance with water
2. Balance the H with H positive
3. Balance the charge using the electrons
4. Repeat for the other half equation
5. Balance both equations and add them to cancel out the electrons

Question 3

What’s an aldehyde?

Answer 3

Chain ENDS with a C connected to a double bond O and a single bond H

Question 4

What’s a ketone?

Answer 4

A carbon not at the end of the chain that is connected to a double bond O

Question 5

What’s a carbonyl?

Answer 5

C bonded to a double bond O and anything. The carbonyl is the CO, but it does not meant that it is not an aldehyde functional group

Question 6

What’s a carboxylic acid?

Answer 6

Carbon chain ends with a C bonded to a double bond O and an OH

Question 7

How do you oxidise a primary alcohol experimentally?

Answer 7

Fractional distillation to oxidise to aldehyde

Distill with reflux to acid- increases the time