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Front (Question)

C) How do you form an alkane from an alkene?

Back (Answer)

Hydrogenation Nickel catalyst High pressure 60℃

Front (Question)

C)How do you form a halogenoalkane with two bromines?

Back (Answer)

Bromine (Br2) Addition reaction

Front (Question)

C) How do you form a halogenoalkane with one bromine?

Back (Answer)

Electrophilic addition HBr

Front (Question)

How do you form an alcohol from an alkene?

Back (Answer)

Steam Hot H3PO4 catalyst Pressure

Front (Question)

How do you form a diol (two alcohol groups) from an alkene?

Back (Answer)

Steam KMnO4/H+ Oxidation

Front (Question)

How do you form a polymer from a diol and a dicarboxylic acid?

Back (Answer)

SbO3 catalyst 280 degrees celsius

Front (Question)

How do you form an alcohol from a halogenoalkane?

Back (Answer)

Nucleophilic substitution Heat With dilute NaOH

Front (Question)

How do you form a halogenoalkane from an alcohol?

Back (Answer)

Conc H2SO4 and KBr (to get HBr in situ) Distill

Front (Question)

How do you form an amine from a halogenoalkane?

Back (Answer)

Heat under pressure Excess ethanolic ammonia (aqueous gives an alcohol)

#10

Front (Question)

How do you form a halogenoalkane from an alkane?

Back (Answer)

Free radical substitution UV light Room temperature and pressure Br2

#11

Front (Question)

How do you form the chloride salt of an amine?

Back (Answer)

Add HCl

#12

Front (Question)

How do you form CH3CH2NH3+ (+OH-) from CH3CH2NH2?

Back (Answer)

Add water

#13

Front (Question)

How do you form an amine group from a nitrile group?

Back (Answer)

LiAlH4 in DRY ETHER

#14

Front (Question)

How do you form a carboxylic acid from a nitrile group?

Back (Answer)

HCl Boil (Acid hydrolysis)

#15

Front (Question)

How do you form a carboxylic acid from an aldehyde?

Back (Answer)

Heat under reflux H2SO4 K2Cr2O7

#16

Front (Question)

How do you form an aldehyde from an alcohol?

Back (Answer)

Warm and distill With a primary alcohol Acidified potassium dichromate H2SO4

#17

Front (Question)

How do you form an alkene from an alcohol?

Back (Answer)

Dehydration Conc H2SO4 or hot pumice Al2O3

#18

Front (Question)

How do you form an alcohol from an aldehyde?

Back (Answer)

NaBH4 Warm in aqueous or ethanol conditions

#19

Front (Question)

How do you form an ester from a carboxylic acid?

Back (Answer)

Heat under reflux With alcohol H+ catalyst (mineral acid catalyst)

#20

Front (Question)

How do you form a carboxylic acid from an ester?

Back (Answer)

Add aqueous acid (hydrolysis)

#21

Front (Question)

How do you form the sodium salt of a carboxylic acid from an ester?

Back (Answer)

NaOH (alkaline hydrolysis) (aqueous)

#22

Front (Question)

How do you form a carboxylic acid from an acyl chloride?

Back (Answer)

H2O

#23

Front (Question)

How do you form an acid anhydride from an acyl chloride?

Back (Answer)

Acyl chloride + sodium salt of carboxylic acid

#24

Front (Question)

How do you form an amide (like a carboxylic acid but with NH2 where the OH of the acid should be) from an acyl chloride?

Back (Answer)

Concentrated NH3