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Summary Reactions of alcohols
- Module
- Unit 6 - Organic Chemistry I
- Institution
- PEARSON (PEARSON)
All reactions of alcohols in Edexcel specification with conditions and reagents
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CHEMICAL PROPERTIESCombustion •
clean , colourless flame .
2 CH30
305 260,2g 4h29
+
Ha t
oxygen in alcohol contributes
to
•
e.
g
,
, ,,
complete combustion
fermentation .
↳ can produce ethanol to use as
biofuels
a fuel made from renewable organic materials such ,
grain vegetable oil
as
sugar or .
,
Chloro alkanes
CX being
- -
substitution of OH with X halogen )
•
-
a
reagent PC Is alcohol
:
hydrogen halide ) with
•
( or a .
% Pay
Ng
POCK HC1
t → t t
Chlorinating
agent
temp in fume cupboard ( HCl )
•
room •
•
test for -
OH ( alcohols and acids ) as HC1 produces
group
HC1 damp blue litmus ( bleaches )
→
white test
steamy fumes on
.
→
stopper on NH , bottle : white smoke of NH34
Observations : fizzing steamy HC1 fumes damp blue litmus → red
•
.
, ,
•
alcohol or acid must be dry to remove all water as
-
OH on
and test
water may react give false positive
.
" "
)
t HC1 →
µ t H zo
with
can use
tertiary alcohols
concentrated HC1
we
T
tertiary
T
J instead C because
→ tertiary
alcohol tertiary intermediate reacts
chloroalkane -
more
easily) .
2- Chloro -2
methyl propane
-
.
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