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FREE CHEMISTRY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ALCOHOLS
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Question 1: What is a dehydration of an alcohol reaction?
Answer:
One where water is eliminated from an alcohol
Question 2: What is observed when Fehling's solution is added to aldehydes?
Answer:
Orange precipitate
Question 3: What are the physical properties of alcohols?
Answer:
Relatively high mp and bp, miscible with water
Question 4: What are the two methods for production of ethanol?
Answer:
Fermentation of glucose, hydration of ethene
Question 5: Which chemical tests can distinguish between aldehydes and ketones?
Answer:
Tollens's reagent or Fehling's solution
Question 6: What is an alcohol?
Answer:
An organic compound with an -OH group
Question 7: Give three disadvantages of production of ethanol from ethene
Answer:
High technology, Non-renewable source, Expensive equipment
Question 8: What is an oxidation reaction in organic chemistry?
Answer:
A reaction where oxygen is added or hydrogen is removed from a compound
Question 9: What reagent is used for the oxidation of alcohols?
Answer:
Acidified potassium dichromate
Question 10: What conditions are necessary for the fermentation of glucose?
Answer:
Compromise temperature of 35°C, enzymes, sealed vessel
Question 11: What conditions are necessary for dehydration of an alcohol
Answer:
Conc. phosphoric/sulphuric acid catalyst, heat and reflux
Question 12: Give two advantages of production of ethanol from ethene
Answer:
Fast reaction, Pure product, Continuous process, Low on manpower, High yield, 100% alcohol
Question 13: What can secondary alcohols be oxidized to?
Answer:
Ketones
Question 14: Give two advantages of production of ethanol from glucose
Answer:
Low tech required, renewable, potentially carbon neutral
Question 15: Explain the physical properties of alcohols
Answer:
OH group leads to hydrogen bonding
Question 16: Draw the structure of the first three alcohols
Answer:
Methanol, ethanol and propanol
Question 17: Which experimental method is used to convert alcohols to aldehyde
Answer:
Distillation
Question 18: What can tertiary alcohols be oxidized to?
Answer:
Nothing
Question 19: What is the advantage of dehydrating alcohols to form alkenes?
Answer:
Alkenes can be used as chemical feedstock without using crude oil
Question 20: How is oxidation symbolized in an equation?
Answer:
[O]
Question 21: What is observed when Tollens' reagent is added to aldehydes?
Answer:
Silver mirror Question 22: Which experimental method is used to convert alcohols to carboxylic acids?
Answer:
Reflux
Question 23: What are the conditions for the production of ethanol from ethene?
Answer:
Heat, sulphuric acid catalyst, water
Question 24: What can primary alcohols be oxidized to?
Answer:
Aldehydes and carboxylic acids
Question 25: What is the product of a dehydration of an alcohol reaction
Answer:
An alkene
Question 26: Give three disadvantages of production of ethanol from glucose
Answer:
Slow, Low yield, Significant land use, Has to be distilled, Labour intensive
Question 27: How is ethanol extracted after fermentation of glucose?
Answer:
Fractional distillation
Question 28: What colour change is observed in the oxidation of alcohols?
Answer:
Acidified potassium dichromate turns green from orange