Effects of Alcohol Essay

elements plays a role in his mood, personality and behavior with alcohol. My brother has admitted that alcohol helps him cope with his racing thoughts, insomnia, irritability/anger, shame/guilt and negative thoughts about himself. Without alcohol, he is distant and avoids talking to others. He has often stated that it is difficult for him to talk with people when he is sober, for alcohol is his “liquid courage”. Therefore, my brother uses alcohol as a way to cope with his mental health…

In this lab, benzoic acid, benzocaine, and 9-fulorenone are isolated from a three-component mixture by using the acid-base extraction and other following types of various extraction techniques. An acid-base reaction is utilized in order to isolate the individual species from the mixture. First, in isolating the base benzocaine, proton transfers occurred via reaction with hydrochloric acid, which led to a significant shift in the polarity of the said compound, although the conjugate acid of…

Jacob Sheets Mrs. Wiley Pre-Aice Eng. Lit. 1 September 2016 Businesses have been experiencing harsh times, and with these harsh times they must make changes for the benefit of their business. One of these harsh measures was the ban of teens from their businesses. Businesses should be able to ban teens because they cost them money and drive away adults. Some may argue that teens are good for business, but they are wrong because teens are responsible for many negative things that harm businesses.…

Historically, each State in the United States has had its own regulations and laws concerning alcohol of all sorts. Until 1995, the distribution of alcohols in the US was organized into a “Three-tier” system, made of brewers & importers (first tier), wholesalers & distributors (second tier), and retailers (third tier). This system was only allowing first tier vendors to sell their alcoholic products to distributors, which were then sold by distributors to retailers. First tier brewers could not…

Chemicals: Folin-Ciocalteu reagent, sodium carbonate, gallic acid, trifluoroacetic and sulphuric acids, Trolox (6-hydroxy -2, 5, 7, 8- tetramethyl chromane-2-carboxylic acid), ABTS (2, 2'-azinobis (2-methylpropionamidine) dihydrochloride), 2′, 7′-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (H2DCFDA), dexamethasone (DEX), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were purchased from Sigma Inc. (St. Louis, MO). Catechin, epicatechin, procyanidin B1 and B2 were purchased from Chromadex (Irvine, CA). Dulbecco’s…

ABSTRACT In this lab we examined sugarcane and corn to see which of these uses fermentation to produce CO2 more efficiently. Finding out which substrate will produce CO2 more efficiently will show which product will be more useful in protecting the environment. After many steps and mixtures, it concluded that the hypothesis made in the beginning was rejected. INTRODCTION Glycolysis is an anaerobic metabolic pathway that is found in the cytosol of cells, which form ATP by breaking down the…

The results collected illustrate that cyclohexene is the unknown. Comparing the measured boiling point of cyclohexene to the literature value of cyclohexane, there is only a difference of 0.3°C. Comparing the measured density of cyclohexene to the literature value of cyclohexane, there is only a difference of 0.027 g/mL difference and comparing measured refractive index of cyclohexene to the literature value of cyclohexane, there is only a .009 difference. All of these results shows that both…

Alcohol is shown to us through the media as something that brings happiness and fun times. It is constantly advertised on television with catchy and sophisticated commercials. In movies it is what every college student does, and what everyone has a great time with. The negative affect are rarely every shown, and it seems like only one side of it is displayed for everyone. We all know it is bad for us, but when you constantly hear and see the opposite, it makes everyone ignore the truth. While…

In this experiment, pinacol was mixed with sulfuric acid, which protonated the pinacol, allowing it to form a better leaving group. Water is the leaving group off of the pinacol and the pinacol becomes a carbocation. The carbocation that is formed is a secondary carbocation so, rearrangement occurs. A methyl shift happens to form a tertiary carbocation, which is more stable than a secondary carbocation. Then, the remaining oxygen forms a double bond causing it to have a positive charge; allowing…

The Effects of an Enzyme, Catechol Oxidase, on the Conversion of Four Different Substrates to Pr oduce Benzoquinone. Amir Akhras Lab partners: Monica Elabed, Andres Velazquez, and Roland Rencz Biology 201 Instructor: Dr. Kara Nuss October 28, 2014 ABSTRACT Enzymes are catalysts that speed the reaction of substrates to produce products. They achieve this by lowering the energy of activation (EA) but they do not change the nature of the reaction. The objective of this…