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22 Cards in this Set
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What set up Is required when making aldehydes? |
Distillation apparatus |
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What is the colour change for K2Cr2O7 during oxidation reactions? |
Orange to green |
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What 2 reagents can be used to differentiate between aldehydes and ketones? |
Tollens Fehlings |
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What species do primary alcohols get oxidised to? |
Aldehydes? |
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What species do aldehydes get oxidised to? |
Carboxylic acids? |
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What species do secondary alcohols get oxidised to? |
Ketones |
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Can tertiary alcohols be oxidised? |
No |
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What is the oxidising agent and catalyst for oxidation of aldehydes and ketones? |
K2Cr2O7 H2SO4 |
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What is the functional group of a ketone? |
CO |
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What is the Suffix for Ketones? |
One |
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What is the prefix for ketones? |
Oxo |
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What is the functional group for aldehydes? |
COH |
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What is the suffix for aldehydes? |
Al |
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What is made when a carbonyl reacts with NaBH4? |
Primary alcohol |
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What is the mechanism when NaBH4 reacts with carbonyls? |
Nucleophillic addition |
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What acts as nucleophile when NaBH4 reacts with carbonyls? |
H- ion |
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What does a carbonyl and HCN make? |
Hydroxynitriles |
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What is the nucleophile when carbonyls react with HCN? |
CN |
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What are Aldehydes reduced to? |
Primary alcohols |
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What are Ketones reduced to? |
Secondary alchols |
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What is the reducing agent for aldehydes and ketones? |
NaBH4 |
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What is used to reduce a carboxylic acid to a primary alcohol? |
LiAlH4 |