Alcohol mmolecules mcan mfreely mhydrogen mbond mto mother mmolecules mpossessing
mwhat mgroups? m- mANS-O-H, mN-H, mor mS-H mfunctional mgroupings
How mdoes mthe mwater msolubility mof malcohol mmolecules mchange mas mthe mmolecular
mweight mchanges? m- mANS-Alcohol mmolecules mof mlower mmolecular mweight mare
mmostly msoluble min mwater mas ma mresult mof mthe mability mto mhydrogen mbond mto mOH,
mNH, mor mSH mgroups. mAs mthe mmolecular mweight mor mcarbon-chain mlength
mincreases, mthe malcohol mmolecules mbecome mcorrespondingly mless msoluble min
mwater.
How mdo malcohols mand mphenols mact mas mweak macids mand mweak mbases? m- mANS--
macts mas man macid mby mdonating mthe mO-H mproton mas mH
- macts mas ma mbase mby maccepting mH+ musing ma mlone mpair mon mthe mO matom
amphoteric msubstances m- mANS-Substances mthat mcan mact mas mboth macids mand
mbases m(alcohols mand mphenols)
Why mis macid mdissociation mfor mmost malcohols munfavorable m(lies mtowards mthe
mleft)? m- mANS-Dissociation mproduces man malkoxide mion m(the mconjugate mbase mof
man malcohol), mwhich mis ma mvery mstrong mbase.
How mcan myou mconduct macid-base mreactions mthat mfavor mthe mformation mof mweaker
mconjugate macids/bases? m- mANS-To mpromote m(favor) mthe mformation mof mthe
malkoxide mion, mthe malcohol mcan mbe mtreated mwith msodium mor mpotassium mmetal
m(Na mor mK) mor ma mbase mthat mis mstronger mthan mthe mRO- mion mproduced.
protonation mof man malcohol m- mANS-When malcohols mact mas mweak mbases mby musing
ma mlone mpair mon mthe moxygen matom mof mthe mhydroxyl mgroup, malcohols mcan
maccept ma mproton mwhen mthey mare mplaced min man macidic menvironment.
What mis mthe mproduct mof mthe mprotonation mof man malcohol mcalled? m- mANS-
alkyloxonium mion
What mis ma mDehydration mreaction mfor malcohols?
What mhappens mduring ma mdehydration mreaction mfor malcohols? m- mANS-- mA mspecific
mtype mof melimination mreaction. mIn ma mdehydration mreaction, man malcohol mmolecule
mwill mlose mH2O mto mform man malkene. mAlcohols mundergo ma mreaction mknown mas
mdehydration mwhen mthey mare mheated mwith mstrong mmineral macids m(like msulfuric mor
mphosphoric).
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