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Functional group:
R-O-H
1) Family: Alcohol
2) Name of functional group: Hydroxyl
Uses
Alcohols Uses
Methanol Solvent
Ethanol Solvent, alcoholic beverages, antiseptic
1,2 –ethanediol Antifreeze in car radiator
1,2,3-propanetriol Cosmetics, confectionary
Menthol Cigarette, throat lozenges, toothpaste
Nomenclature
Alcohols with I hydroxyl group
1) Identify parent chain, which is the longest continuous carbon chain containing hydroxyl group
2) Number the carbon atoms and give the hydroxyl group the lowest no
Eg:
1
Alcohols with more than 1 hydroxyl groups
Diols
Triols
Types of alcohol
1) Primary alcohol
E.g:
2
2) Secondary alcohol
E.g:
3) Tertiary alcohol
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Physical properties
-Use relative strength of secondary interactions to explain the trend in physical properties.
1) Physical states
- Liquid at room temperature
- Alcohols contain very polar hydroxyl group, therefore can form strong hydrogen bonds
with other alcohol molecules.
- Alcohol molecules are held very close to one another by Hydrogen bonds, therefore
liquid at room temperature.
- Lower alcohols are volatile liquids.
- Diols and triols are very viscous liquids at room temperature.
- Diagram:
Triol
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2) Boiling point/melting point
- Alcohols contain very polar hydroxyl groups; therefore can form strong hydrogen bonds
with other alcohol molecules.
- Require a lot of heat/ high temperature to break strong hydrogen bonds, hence have high
bp/mp
Diagram:
Bp of water 100 o C Bp of ethanol 78.3 o C
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- Diols and triols have much higher bp/mp because they can form extensive (many)
hydrogen bonds with other alcohol molecules. Hence require much higher temp to break
many strong hydrogen bonds between alcohol molecules.
3) Solubility in water
Alcohols with 1 hydroxyl group
-Lower alcohols (alcohols with small molar mass) are very soluble in water because
water molecules can completely surround the alcohol molecules. Alcohol molecules,
which contain very polar hydroxyl/hydroxyl group, can form strong hydrogen bonds with
very polar water molecules.
Diagram:
-Higher alcohols (alcohols with big molar mass) have low solubility in water because
even though they contain very polar hydroxyl groups, however, long non-polar
hydrocarbon chain outweighs the polarity of hydroxyl group rendering the whole alcohol
molecule as less polar or non- polar. Consequently, alcohol molecules cannot form strong
hydrogen bonds with very polar water molecules. Hence, they are less soluble in water.
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Diols and triols
-very soluble in water despite their molecular size
-they have many very polar hydroxyl groups in one molecule
-can form extensive strong hydrogen bonds with very polar water molecules, hence
very soluble in water.
4) Solvation process
- Ethanol can dissolve ionic compounds such as NaCl
- Process is known as solvation or hydration
- Diagram:
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Chemical reactions
Oxidation reaction using oxidizing agent, Acidified potassium dichromate solution, K2Cr2O7/H+
1) Primary alcohol
-Primary alcohol is oxidized by Acidified potassium dichromate solution, K2Cr2O7/H+
(limited amount) into aldehyde. Cr 6+ (orange) in Dichromate anion is reduced in Cr 3+
(green) . If aldehyde were still in contact with the oxidizing agent, it would be further
oxidized into carboxylic acid.
Annotated eqn:
In summary:
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2) Secondary alcohol
-Secondary alcohol is oxidized into ketone
Cr2O72- /H+
Eg: R-O-H RCOR
warm
3) Tertiary alcohol
-no reaction
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FERMENTATION
Introduction
1) a process to convert one compound into new compound using microorganisms in the absence of
oxygen.
2) converts simple sugars (fructose or glucose) in aqueous solution into ethanol using yeast
3) anaerobic process
4) Simple sugars can be obtained from 2 sources
a. Fruits (glucose and fructose)
2) Optimum temp of 30 o C
5) In the absence of oxygen to prevent the oxidation of ethanol into carboxylic acid ( vinegar)
Fermentation process
1) Simple sugars are fermented in the presence of zymase enzyme to obtain ethanol
2) Zymase enzyme provides alternative pathway with lower new activation energy. Hence more
simple sugars can overcome low new activation energy and increase rate of reaction.
4) Conc of Ethanol above 15% v/v would kill the yeast, hence cease zymase production
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5) Could increase ethanol concentration via distillation process
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