Unit 2 Alcohols

Question 1

Name the following alcohol CH3CH2OH

Answer 1

ethanol

Question 2

What is the general formula for a alcohol

Answer 2

C H OH

n 2n+1

Question 3

What are primary alcohols oxidised to

Answer 3

They are oxidised to an aldehyde by acidified potassium dichromate

Question 4

What are ketone’s oxidised to

Answer 4

Ketone’s are oxidised to secondary alcohol and no further, by acidified potassium dichromate

Question 5

what happens when you try to oxidise a tertiary alcohol

Answer 5

Nothing it cannot be oxidised further

Question 6

H
I
H-C-H H
I I
Name this alcohol H-C-C- O-H
I I
H H

Answer 6

2- methyl ethanol

Question 7

H
I
H H-C-H H
I I I
Name the following alcohol H-C- C—- –C- H
I I I
H O H
H

Answer 7

2,2 Dimethyl- ethanol