Paper 2 ehaiblv Flashcards
What are the conditions for NaBH4 usage?
Aqueous ethanol
Why are ketones less reactive than aldehydes?
The havea bigger inductive effect from adjacent alkyl groups and so this reduces the d+ on the C bond.
What is used as a catalyst for the reaction of an alcohol and a carboxylic acid to produce an ester.
Concentrated H2SO4.
What are 4 uses of esters?
Solvents, plasticisers, perfumes and food colouring.
What solution does acid or base hydrolysis of esters occur in?
Aqueous solution.
What is biodiesel made of?
Methyl esters and long chain carboxylic acids.
How is biodiesel made?
Reacting triglycerides with methanol in the presence of an alkali catalyst such as NaOH.
What does the gradient represent on a graph of log(rate) against log(Y)?
The order of the reactant.
What does the y-intercept reresent on a graph os log(rate) against log(Y)?
Log(K)
What can be calculated from the gradient of a graph of 1/T against ln(rate)?
The activation energy. (x 8.31)
What are the conditions for oxidation of aldehydes or ketones with K2Cr2O7?
heat under reflux
Give two ways carbonyls can be reduced?
NaBH4 in aqueous ethanol or H2 and a Ni catalyst.
What are the reactants and conditions for the formation of hydroxynitriles from carbonyls?
NaCN and dilute sulfuric acid.
What does the nucleophilic addition of CN- to a carbonyl produce?
A racemic mixture of hydroxynitrililes
What are carboxylic acids strong enough to do?
Displace CO2 from carbonates.
Why is dissociation of carboxylic acids likely?
The salts are stabilised by delocalisation.
Why can methanoic acid be oxidised?
It has effectively an aldehyde group.
What is needed for a carboxylic acid to react with an alcohol and what is produced?
An ester and water, requires a strong acid catalyst.
What are the conditions for hydrolysis of an ester?
Dilute acid, heat under reflux.