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How can alcohols be produced industrially?

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Hydration of alkenes or fermentation of glucose

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What are the conditions for the hydration of alkenes?

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Conc phosphoric acid, 600 K, 60 atm, excess alkene

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What are the conditions for the fermentation of glucose?

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Yeast, anaerobic, 35 C, neutral aqueous solution

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Why does yeast need to be present for the fermentation of glucose?

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It produces enzymes that convert sugars into methanol

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Why are anaerobic conditions needed for the fermentation of glucose?

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To prevent the ethanol oxidising to form ethanoic acid

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Why is a temperature of 35 C needed for the fermentation of glucose?

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The reaction is too slow below 25 and the enzymes denature at 40

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Why does the ethanol produced by the fermentation of glucose need to be removed from the reaction mixture?

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Concentrations of ethanol above 10% can kill the yeast

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How is ethanol produced by fermentation of glucose separated?

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Fractional distillation

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What can the ethanol produced by fermentation of glucose be used for once extracted?

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Biofuel

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What is biofuel?

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Fuel made from living organisms or their waste

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What equations shows that the production of ethanol by fermentation is carbon neutral?

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Photosynthesis: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Fermentation: C6H12O6 → 2C2H5OH + 2CO2
Combustion: C2H5OH + 3O2 → 2CO2 + 3H2O

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Why isn’t the production of ethanol by fermentation actually carbon neutral?

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The fertiliser and pesticides used, the harvesting and transporting, and the fractional distillation all required energy

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What is the mechanism for the formation of an alcohol by hydrating an alkene?

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Electrons from the C=C bond go to the H+ from the acid. Then the lone pair on the O of H2O goes to the positive C of the carbocation intermediate and it gains the +ve charge. Then the electrons from one of the H2Os Hs goes to the oxygen forming H+ again

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What type of process is the production of ethanol by fermentation?

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A batch process

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What type of process is the production of ethanol by hydration?

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A continuous flow process

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How fast is the production of ethanol by fermentation?

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Very slow

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How fast is the production of ethanol by hydration?

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Very fast

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What quality of ethanol is produced by fermentation?

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Impure ethanol that needs further processing

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What quality of ethanol is produced by hydration?

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Much purer ethanol than fermentation

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What are the reaction conditions for producing ethanol by fermentation regarding the environment?

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They are gentle temperatures and atmospheric pressure

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What are the reaction conditions for producing ethanol by hydration regarding the environment?

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They are high temperatures and pressures that require lots of energy

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What resources does the production of ethanol by fermentation use?

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Renewable resources based on plant material

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What resources does the production of ethanol by hydration use?

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Finite resources based on crude oil

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of producing ethanol by fermentation?

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It’s kinder to the environment and uses renewable resources but is slow and inefficient

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of producing ethanol by hydration?
It's faster and produces purer ethanol but uses fossil fuels and energy intensive conditions
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How are alcohols classified?
As primary, secondary or tertiary depending on the position of the -OH group in the carbon chain
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What can primary alcohols be oxidised to?
Aldehydes then carboxylic acids
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What can secondary alcohols be oxidised to?
Ketones
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What can tertiary alcohols be oxidised to?
Nothing easily
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What reagent is used to oxidise alcohols?
Acidified potassium dichromate
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What colour is potassium dichromate when added to the alcohol?
Orange
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What colour does the potassium dichromate become as the alcohol is oxidised?
Green
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What are the conditions for oxidising an alcohol to form a carboxylic acid
Potassium dichromate in excess and gentle reflux
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What are the conditions for oxidising an alcohol to form an aldehyde?
Alcohol in excess and distil immediately
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What are the conditions for oxidising an alcohol to form a ketone?
Potassium dichromate in excess and gentle reflux
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What is the equation for the oxidation of ethanol to form ethanoic acid?
CH3CH2OH + 2[O] → CH3COOH + H2O
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What is the equation for the oxidation of ethanol to form ethanal?
CH3CH2OH + [O] → CH3CHO + H2O
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What is the equation for the oxidation of propan-2-ol to form propanone?
CH3CH(OH)CH3 + [O] → Ch3COCH3 + H2O
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What 2 reagents can be used to differentiate between an aldehyde and a ketone?
Tollens' reagent and Fehling's solution
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How is Tollens' reagent used to differentiate between aldehydes and ketones?
It is warmed gently with the unknown solution and if an aldehyde is present a 'silver mirror' forms on the sides of the reaction vessel
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How is Fehling's solution used to differentiate between aldehydes and ketones?
It is warmed gently with the unknown solution and if an aldehyde is present it turns from blue to a brick red precipitate
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What enables Tollens' and Fehling's to differentiate between aldehydes and ketones?
That fact that aldehydes can easily be oxidised further
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What reaction can alcohols undergo to form alkenes?
Elimination/dehydration
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What are the 2 sets of conditions for the elimination of alcohols?
Conc sulfuric acid catalyst and 170 C or aluminium oxide catalyst and 600 C
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What is the mechanism for the elimination of an alcohol?
The lone pair on the O of the alcohol's -OH goes to acid's H+. Then the electrons from the C-O bond in the alcohol go to the O. Then the elctrons from a C-H bond adjacent to the +ve carbon of the carbocation go to the C-C bond between those 2 Cs
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What else is produced in the elimination of alcohols?
Water
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What is significant about the alkenes produced from the elimination of allchohols?
They can be used to create addition polymers that aren't derived from crude oil
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What RPA involves alcohols?
Distillation of a product from a reaction
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What are the 2 common versions of the distillation of a product from a reaction RPA?
Preparing cyclohexene by the dehydration and distillation of cyclohexanol and preparing ethanal by the oxidation and distillation of ethanol
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What apparatus is used for the distillation of a product from a reaction RPA?
A round bottom flask attached to a condenser via an adapter which has a thermometer in the top. At the end of the condenser is a ice cooled collecting vessel. Label the water in and out of the condenser and the heat beneath the flask
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Why should a water bath be used during the distillation of a product from a reaction RPA?
Because ethanol is flammable
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Why are anti-bumping granules used in the distillation of a product from a reaction RPA?
To prevent large bubbles forming and the mixture boiling over into the condenser
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Why should the condenser be tilted down in the distillation of a product from a reaction RPA?
So the liquid runs down into the collection flask
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Where should the bulb of the thermometer be in the distillation of a product from a reaction RPA?
At the T junction connecting the flask to the condenser
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Why must water enter at the bottom of the condenser?
To ensure the entire condenser is filled
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Why should the collection flask not be sealed to the condenser in the distillation of a product from a reaction RPA?
The air inside the system expands as it is heated and could crack the glass apparatus

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