Ch 11 Reactions of Alcohols

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Front (Question)

dehydration of an alcohol produces what product(s)?

Back (Answer)

alkenes

Front (Question)

oxidation of an alcohol produces what product(s)?

Back (Answer)

ketones, aldehydes, acids (ex: carboxylic acid)

Front (Question)

substitution of an alcohol produces what product(s)?

Back (Answer)

halides (R-X)

Front (Question)

reduction of an alcohol produces what product(s)?

Back (Answer)

alkanes (R-H)

Front (Question)

esterification of an alcohol produces what product(s)?

Back (Answer)

esters (R-O-C(=O)-R’)

Front (Question)

tosylation of an alcohol produces what product(s)?

Back (Answer)

tosylate esters (R-OTs) (a good leaving group)

Front (Question)

deprotination of an alcohol (R-OH) to form an alkoxide and treatment with an alkyl halide (R’-X) produces what product(s)?

Back (Answer)

ethers (R-O-R’)

Front (Question)

give examples of oxidation based on the change of the formula of the substance:

Back (Answer)

addition of O or O2; addition of X2 (halogens); loss of H2

Front (Question)

give examples of reduction based on the change of the formula of the substance:

Back (Answer)

addition of H2 (or H-); loss of O or O2; loss of X2

#10

Front (Question)

give examples of changes in formula of the substance which are condisered neither oxidation nor reduction:

Back (Answer)

addition or loss of H+, -OH, H2O, HX (more options possible)

#11

Front (Question)

what does oxidation normally do in terms of bonded atoms to carbon?

Back (Answer)

generally converts C-H bonds to C-O bonds

#12

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, an alkane or a carboxylic acid?

Back (Answer)

carboxylic acid

#13

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, an alkane or a ketone?

Back (Answer)

ketone

#14

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, an alkane or an aldehyde?

Back (Answer)

aldehyde

#15

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, an alkane or a primary alcohol?

Back (Answer)

primary alcohol

#16

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, an alkane or a secondary alcohol?

Back (Answer)

#17

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, a primary alcohol or an aldehyde?

Back (Answer)

aldehyde

#18

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, an aldehyde or a carboxylic acid?

Back (Answer)

carboxylic acid

#19

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, a secondary alcohol or a ketone?

Back (Answer)

ketone

#20

Front (Question)

what species is more oxidised, a primary alcohol or a carboxylic acid?

Back (Answer)

carboxylic acid

#21

Front (Question)

classify the groups formed form the oxidation of an alkane from most reduced to most oxidised, starting with a 1° carbon

Back (Answer)

alkane, primary alcohol, aldehyde, carboxylic acid

#22

Front (Question)

classify the groups formed form the oxidation of an alkane from most reduced to most oxidised, starting with a 2° carbon

Back (Answer)

alkane, secondary alcohol, ketone

#23

Front (Question)

classify the groups formed form the oxidation of an alkane from most reduced to most oxidised, starting with a 3° carbon

Back (Answer)

alkane, tertiary alcohol

#24

Front (Question)

what do most alcohol oxidising agents have in common, and how do they work?

Back (Answer)

all have an element (ex: Cr, Cl, I, S) in a high oxidation state bonded to oxygen. The mechanisms are also similar, the first step an intermediate forms in which the oxidant element becomes bound to the alcohol’s oxygen, and after a base removes a proton from the carbinol carbon atom a double bond forms to oxygen, resulting in a oxydised alcohol (a ketone or aldehyde) and a reduced oxidant.