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Alcohols Flashcards

1
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What types of alcohol are there?

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Primary alcohol
Secondary alcohol
Tertiary alcohol

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Primary alcohol

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An alcohol where the carbon the OH group is bonded to is also bonded to an alkyl group such as ethanol

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Secondary alcohol

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An alcohol where the carbon the OH is bonded to is also bonded to 2 alkyl groups

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Tertiary alcohol

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An alcohol where the carbon the OH is bonded to is also bonded to 3 alkyl groups

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How are halogenoalkanes made from alcohols?

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In a substitution reaction which replaces OH with halogen atom

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How can chloroalkanes made from alcohols?

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Reacting alcohol with PCl₅ (primary)
Or reacting alcohol with HCl (tertiary)

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Alcohol + PCl₅ products

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Chloroalkane
HCl
POCl₃

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Alcohol + PCl₅ general equation

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ROH + PCl₅ ——>
RCl + HCl + POCl₃

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Alcohol + HCl general equation

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ROH + HCl ——>
RCl + H2O

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What reactions are fastest when forming halogenoalkanes from alcohols?

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Tertiary alcohol = fastest
Secondary alcohol = middle
Primary alcohol = slowest

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How can bromoalkanes be made from alcohols?

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In a substitution reaction of Br- ions from a bromine compound which substitutes OH on alcohol

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Catalyst for forming of bromoalkanes from alcohols

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50% concentrated sulfuric acid

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Step 1 of formation of bromoalkanes from alcohols

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Form hydrogen bromide from the bromine salt + sulfuric catalyst
KBr + H₂SO₄ ——> HBr + K₂SO₄

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Step 2 of formation of bromoalkanes from alcohols

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HBr + alcohol
The Br substitutes OH group which reacts with H+ from HBr to form water

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Bromine compounds + sulfuric acid + alcohol products

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Bromoalkane
Water
And a sulfate salt from step 1

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16
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How can alcohols form alkenes?

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In a dehydration reaction which is eliminating water from the alcohol

17
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Catalyst used in the dehydration of alcohols to form alkenes

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Concentrated phosphoric acid

18
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Dehydration of alcohol products

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An Alkene
Eliminates the OH group + another H to form water molecule

19
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What possible products formed from dehydration of alcohol?

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Depending on what 2 carbons form the Alkene thus which side the OH is eliminated from
And any additional stereoisomers

20
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How can iodoalkanes be made from alcohols?

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By reacting alcohol with phosphorus triiodide (PI₃)

21
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How is phosphorus triiodide obtained?

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From reacting red phosphorus with iodine = PI₃
UNDER REFLUX

22
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General equation for formation of iodoalkanes from alcohols

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ROH + PI₃ ——> RI + H₃PO₃

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