Oxidation Flashcards
What does a secondary alcohol oxidise to?
Ketone
What is the colour change when a secondary alcohol is oxidised?
Orange to green
What oxidising agent is used for alcohols?
a chromium (6+ ) reagent Na2Cr2O7
Why is the oxidation of secondary alcohols a bad process?
Lots of Cr waste is generated
What alternative name does the oxidation of a secondary alcohol have?
Jones oxidation
How many chromate molecules are used in the Cr(VI) oxidation ?
2
What is the order of the oxidation states for the Cr(VI) oxidation mechanism?
Cr (VI)
Cr (IV)
Cr (III)
In the mechanism for the Cr (VI) oxidation, what is the key oxidising agent?
CrO3
What does a primary alcohol oxidise to initially?
Aldehyde
How does a primary alcohol oxidise to a carboxylic acid (final oxidation state)?
First it is oxidised to an aldehyde, then a water molecule is added which forms a hydrate (two OH), then the hydrate is oxidised to form the carboxylic acid
What is a jones reagent?
Reagent involved in the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols
What type of reagent oxidises hydrates?
Jones reagents
Alcohols can be oxidised to aldehydes under basic conditions, what reagent would be used in this instance?
Pyridinium chlorochromate
PCC
Apart from basic, what other conditions would you need to use when using PCC?
Anhydrous
How are alkenes oxidised?
Through epoxidation
uses peracid RCO3H
C-O bonds form through syn addition