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1
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Give the general formula of alcohols.

A

ROH

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2
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Give the general formula of aldehydes.

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RCOH

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3
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Give the general formula of ketones.

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RCOR’

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4
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Give the general formula of carboxylic acids.

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RCOOH

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5
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Give the general fromula of acid anhydrides.

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(RCO)2O

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6
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Give the general formula of esters.

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RCOOR’

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7
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Give the general formula of ethers.

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ROR’

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8
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Give the structural formula of alcohols.

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R-OH

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9
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Give the structural formula of aldehydes.

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R-C=O
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H

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10
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Give the structural formula of ketones.

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R-C-R
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O

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11
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Give the structural formula of carboxylic acids.

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O
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R-C-O-H

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12
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Give the structural formula of acid anhydrides.

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O O
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R-C-O-C-R’

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13
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Give the structural formula of esters.

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R
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C=O
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O
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R

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14
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Give the structural formula of ethers.

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R-O-R

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15
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Prefix/suffix of alcohols

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-ol

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16
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Prefix/suffix of aldehydes

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-al

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17
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Prefix/suffix of ketones

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-one

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18
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Prefix/suffix of carboxylic acids

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-oic acid

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19
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Prefix/suffix of acid anhydrides

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-oic anhydride

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20
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Prefix/suffix of esters

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-oate

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21
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Prefix/suffix of ethers

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-oxy-

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22
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Describe primary alcohols.

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When in -OH is attached to a carbon bonded to only one carbon.

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23
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Describe secondary alcohols.

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When the -OH is attached to a carbon bonded to 2 carbons.

24
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Describe tertiary alcohols.

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When the -OH is attached to a carbon bonded to three carbons.

25
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What is the structure of a phenol?

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OH group attached to a benzene ring.

26
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What is the test for phenols?

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Addition of iron(III) chloride. Solution turns purple.

27
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Describe the acidic nature of phenols.

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Weak acids so partially dissociate in water to form a phenoxide ion and a H+ ion.

28
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Describe the reaction of phenols with alkalis.

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React to form salt + water

29
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Describe the reaction of phenols with carbonates.

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don’t react

eg. sodium carbonate is not a stong enough base to remove the hydrogen ion from phenol

30
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phenols - how to tell them apart from carboxylic acids

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carboxylic acids react with carbonates (and alkalis) and give off CO2 gas

phenol doesn’t react with carbonates
phenol doesn’t give off CO2 when react with alkali

31
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Describe the reaction of phenols with acid anhydrides.

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React to form an ester and a carboxylic acid.

32
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phenols - how to tell them apart from alcohols

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  • alcohols react with carboxylic acids to make an ester and water
  • phenols do not react with carboxylic acids to form an ester
  • (both form an ester and carboxylic acid when reacting with acid anhydride)
33
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Describe the reaction of alcohols with carboxylic acids.

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React to form esters - esterification reaction
* heat carboxylic acid and alcohol with an acid catalyst (conc. sulfuric/hydrochloric acid)
* form an ester and water

34
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Describe the reaction of alcohols with acid anhydrides.

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alcohol + acid anhydride –> ester + carboxylic acid

35
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State the possible products from the oxidation of alcohols.

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  • carbonyl compounds (ketone and aldehyde)
  • carboxylic acid
    need to use the oxidising agent acidified potassium dichromate(VI)
36
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Describe the oxidation of primary alcohols.

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primary alcohol –> aldehyde –> carboxylic acid

37
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Describe the oxidation of secondary alcohols.

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secondary alcohol –> ketone

38
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Describe the oxidation of tertiary alcohols.

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Cannot be oxidised by dichromate - only by burning

39
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Describe the oxidation process of primary alcohols.

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can control how far the reaction goes
1. gently heat with potassium dichromate(VI) and sulfuric acid in a flask produces an ALDEHYDE
- to get just the ALDEHYDE need to get it out of the oxidising agent - DISTILLATION APPARATUS
(the aldehyde boils at a lower temp. than the alcohol so evaporates and is distilled off immediately)

  1. to produce CARBOXYLIC ACID needs to be vigorously oxidised
    - alcohol mixed with excess oxidising agent and heated UNDER REFLUX
40
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Describe the oxidation process of secondary alcohols.

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under reflux using acidified potassium dichromate(VI)

41
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Describe the possible methods for dehydration of alcohols.

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  1. Ethanol vapour is passed over a hot solid catalyst of pumice stone or aluminium oxide, Al2O3 - the catalyst provides a large surface area for the reaction.
  2. reflux with excess concentrated sulfuric acid catalyst or phosphoric acid at 170 degrees C.
42
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Decribe process of dehydrating alcohols using hot catalyst method.

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mineral/ ceramic wool is soaked in ethanol, pumice stone or Al2O3 is heated, the alkene gas collects in an inverted cylinder in a water bath.

43
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Decribe the process of dehydrating alcohols using reflux method.

A
  • heat solution in a flask fitted with a vertical Liebig condenser - this causes the solution to continuously boil/evaporate and then condense back into the flask, giving it time to react
  • heat solution electronically; hot plates, heating mantles.
44
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Decribe the formation of haloalkanes.

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Formed via substitution reaction of alcohols and halide compounds e.g. HCl. The -OH group is replaced by the halide (other product is made of the OH lost and what’s left of the halogen)

45
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Define elimination reaction.

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The removal of a molecule from a saturated molecule to make an unsaturated molecule.

46
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How do you make an alkene from alcohol?

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Make an alkene by eliminating water from an alcohol in a dehydration reaction.

47
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Mass spectra - what does it tell us?

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helps identify compounds
relative atomic mass
relative molecular mass
relative isotopic abundance
molecular structure

48
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Mass spectra - how does it work?

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  1. vapourisation - the sample is turned into a gas by an electrical heater
  2. ionisation - the gas particles are bombarded with high energy electrons to ionise them. Electrons are knocked off the particles leaving +ve ions
  3. acceleration - the +ve ions are accelerated by an electric field
  4. detection - the time taken for the +ve ions to reach the detector is measured. This depends on an ion’s mass and charge. Lighter, highly charged ions first.
49
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mass spectra - what is the M+ peak?

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gives the relative molecular mass of a compound
the mass/charge value is the molecular mass
its the far right peak

50
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mass spectra - what is the M+1 peak?

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a smaller peak to the right of the molecular ion peak

51
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mass spectra - what causes the M+1 peak?

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caused by the presence of the carbon isotope 13C

52
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mass spectra - describe fragmentation

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the bombarding electrons make some of the molecular ions break up into fragments
- the fragments the are ions show up on the mass spectrum making a fragmentation pattern

53
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mass spectra - what is fragmentation used for?

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used to identify molecules and their structure

54
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mass spectra - how do you work out structural formula?

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  1. work out what ion could have made each peak from its m/z value
  2. identify the fragments
  3. piece them together to form a molecule with the correct Mr
55
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infrared spectra - how does it work?

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  1. a beam of infrared radiation is passes through a sample of a chemical
  2. the IR radiation is absorbed by the covalent bonds in the molecules
    - this increases their vibrational energy (they vibrate more)
  3. bonds between different atoms absorb different frequencies of IR radiation and bonds in different places in a molecule also absorb different frequencies
    eg. O-H bond in alcohol and O-H bond in carboxylic acids absorb different frequencies
56
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infrared spectra - what does it tell us?

A

An infrared spectrometer produces a spectrum that shows you what frequencies of radiation the molecules are absorbing

can use this to identify the functional groups in a molecule

also means that you can tell if a functional group has changed during a reaction.

A Level Chemistry OCR B (9 decks)

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