Organic Experiments Flashcards
What happens when Mg ribbon is put in ethanol acid?
Fizzing
Formula between Mg and ethanoic acid?
Mg+2CH3COOH=H2+(CH3COO)2Mg
What solution is there to prove something is very easily oxidised?
Benedict’s solution
What’s the catalyst used to turn ethanol to ethene?
Al2O3
What’s the experiment to turn ethanol into ethene?
You know it
What colour is Al2O3?
White powder
Why is there a risk of test tube shattering?
The water could sucked back into the test tube
How can this be prevented?
Loosen stopper before removing heat
What’s the point of refluxing a reaction?
To provide heat to the reaction without boiling off the solvent
What reactants are needed to make soap?
Fat(NaOH) and ethanol
What is an emulsion?
The colloid of two immiscible liquids
Name a suitable organic solvent for use
in the liquid‐liquid extraction of clove oil.
Cyclohexane
