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UNIT 17-ALCOHOLS, ESTERS AND CARBOXYLIC ACIDS🤎 Flashcards

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What is an alcohol? General formula (for understanding, not on syllabus)

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explain what happens to the classification of alcohols where there is more than one OH group, explain two different situations

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what are the three types of alcohols?

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explain the result of hydrogen bonding in alcohols (2)

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draw the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols explain what makes the three different

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explain the acidity of alcohols like ethanol compared with water (3)

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define oxidation (2) and reduction (2)

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list 6 ways of making alcohols using different products

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explain how an alcohol can be made from an alkene (process, catalyst, equation)

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explain another way an alcohol can be made from an alkene (process, agent, equation)

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explain how an alcohol can be made from a halogenoalkane (process, conditions, equation)

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explain how an alcohol can be made from a carboxylic acid (process, an agent, example equation)

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explain how an alcohol can be made from an ester (process, 2 equations)

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explain how an alcohol can be made from an aldehyde or ketone (process (2), agents (2), equations (2))

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draw a diagram showing what happens when an alcohol undergoes oxidation and when a carboxylic acid undergoes reduction, explain the difference in the oxidation of primary alcohols to form and aldehyde and the oxidation of of alcohols to form carboxylic acids

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Explain this reaction of an alcohol: combustion (general equation, example equation)

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Explain this reaction of an alcohol: substitution to form a halogenoalkane containing chlorine (4), bromine (1) and iodine (1) (what occurs, general equation, chemical equations and explanations for the six different ways substitution can take place to form a haloalkane)

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Explain this reaction of an alcohol: reaction with sodium metal (what occurs, general equation, word and chemical equation, observation, ph of product), what determines how vigorous the reaction is?

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Explain this reaction of an alcohol: esterfication (define esterfication, which kind of reaction is this, general equation, chemical equation, how to name an ester, catalysts)

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Explain this reaction of an alcohol: hydrolysis of esters (how esters are hydrolysed, general and chemical equation of refluxing with an acid, general and chemical equation of refluxing with a base)

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Explain this reaction of an alcohol: dehydration (general equation, example equation showing reactants and products, catalysts (2))

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Explain this reaction of an alcohol: oxidation (reagents used, why these reagents are used, conditions)

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Explain this reaction of a primary alcohol: oxidation (general equation, conditions, observation)

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Explain this reaction of a secondary alcohol: oxidation (general equation, observation)

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Explain this reaction of a tertiary alcohol: (observation, why this observation is made (2))

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name three reactions forming carboxylic acids

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explain how primary alcohols can form carboxylic acids (3)

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explain how carboxylic acids react as typical weak acids, write an equation showing the dissociation if a carboxylic acid include the ph of the solution formed

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write the products formed when carboxylic acids react with reactive metals, alkalis and carbonates, include the type of reaction, explain the reduction reaction of a carboxylic acid and an esterification reaction of a carboxylic acid

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explain how carboxylic acids are formed from nitriles , give an example of a word and chemical equation

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explain how carboxylic acids are reduced, write an example word and chemical equation

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