What's in a medicine Flashcards
Test for Phenol
Add FeCl3
Yellow —> Purple
Phenol Conductivity
Not conductive
Delocalised electrons in the centre
Phenol melting and boiling point
Can form hydrogen bonding so high
Solubility of Phenol in H2O
H-bonds means it can be soluble
Benzene ring is not soluble
Two different Phenol reactions
-Acid
-Organic
Acid reactions
+ Alkali/base —-> salt + H2O
+metal —-> salt + hydrogen
+Carbonate —-> salt + water + CO2
Reversible
Esterification Reactants
Alcohols Acyl chloride HCl
Phenols Acid anhydride C.acid
Carboxylic acid H2O
C.acid mpt/bpt
H-bonding so relatively high
C.acid conductivity
No free e-s so don’t conduct
C.acid solubility
Can form H-bonds so soluble in water
Test for C.acid
Add carbonate and see if it fizzes/ bubbles
How to name alcohols
normally end in ‘anol’
If OH is not the main functional group use hydroxy
Alcohol conductivity
Unconductive
Alcohol solubility
H-bonding so soluble
Less soluble as the C chain increases
Alcohol mpt/bpt
H-bonding so relatively high