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what cause an alkane to be a phenol?
addition of OH group
what is the distance b/w atoms in H-O bond in water?
2 A
what is the distance b/w atoms in the hydrogen bonding in water?
1 A
Ka=
[products] / [reactants not including water]
pKa=
-log(Ka)
what is the equation for the industrial synthesis of methanol?
CO+2H2 --ZnOCr2O3--> CH3OH
what is the equation for the industrial synthesis of ethanol?
C12H12O11 + H2O --yeast--> 4CH3CH2OH + 4CO2
describe how water acts as a base?
steals H+ from acid
describe how water acts as an acid?
gives a H+ to the base
describe what happens when water and alcohol mix?
alcohol loses the H+ from the OH group
what is the pKa of water?
15.7
increase pKa means what?
decreased dissociation and weaker acid
what kind of rxn occurs with combo of acid and heat?
elimination
what happens when O is protonated?
it fights to get rid of pos. charge
what is the best leaving group?
water
what is the chem formula of sulfuric acid?
H2SO4
chem formula of sulfuris acid?
H2SO3
chem formula of thionyl chloride?
SOCl2
what two reactants come together to form an ester?
alcohol and inorganic acid
are phenols activating or deactivating?
activating
what is the outline for the chem formula of an alkoxide?
RO- sometimes with addition of a salt
what happens during dehydration rxn?
ejection of both H+ and OH- from phenol, creating water
how are halides formed from alcohols?
the non-H portion of an acid combines with the R portion of the alchol, water is formed from H and OH leftovers
what does the oxidation of a primary alcohol produce?
aldehyde the carboxylic acid
what does the oxidation of a secondary alcohol form?
ketone
what is the basic chem formula of aldehyde?
R-C(=O)-H
what is the basic chem formula of carboxylic acid?
R-C(=O)-OH
what is the basic chem formula of a ketone?
R-C(=O)-R
how do we form aldehydes with oxidation w/o forming carboxylic acid?
use non-water solvent such as methylene chloride
breakdown the name of pyridinium chlorochromate.
pyridin-= replacement of C on cyclobenzene with N -ium=pos. charge chloro-=chlorine chromo=chromium -ate=oxygen
what is jones reagent?
CrO3 dissolved in H2SO4 used on secondary alcohol to produce ketone
what is dichromate reagent?
M2Cr2O7 dissolved in H2SO4 used with secondary alcohol to form ketone
oxidation of phenols produces...?
quinones
what is a quinone?
benzene with O attached where OH on phenol would have been
What is a polyol?
compound containing more than one OH group
what is the chem formula of glycerol?
[CH2(OH)]3
T/F: you can make an ester from one alcohol group in glycerol.
false
how are polythiols made?
redox of thiol
what is the chem formula of ethyl methyl ether?
CH3CH2-O-CH3
what is the chem formula of diethyl ether?
CH3CH2-O-CH2CH3
what is the chem formula of 2-methyl oxypentane?
CH3CH(OCH3)CH2CH2CH3
what is the chem formula of ethylene oxide?
CH2>O<CH2
what is the chem formula of cis-2-butene oxide?
CH3-CH>O<CH-CH3
what does the term "oxide" describe?
the ether derivative of a molecule
what happens to the Grignard reagent when an ether is acting as a base?
it is stabilized by combining with other reagent
what substance destroys Grignard reagents?
water
what is deuterating?
AKA lavelling using nonstandard isotopes
describe Williamson ethel synthesis.
ROH + NA --> RONa + H2 RONa + RX --> ROR + NaX best way to make ethers
what three ways can ethers be produced?
ethanol dehydration, methanol addition, or nucleophilic substitution (Williamson ethel synthesis)
how are epoxides formed?
alkene + oxygen source
describe the basic structure of an epoxide.
two carbs form a triangle of bonds with oxygen
what is the basic structure of an ether?
R-O-R
how is ether cleavage done?
sn2 at primary or methyl carbon, or sn1 at tertiary carbon
describe acid catalyzed epoxide hydrolysis?
1. protonate CAI 2. nucleo. attach on CAI
what special reagent is used in carbon elongations?
Grignard reagent
what division of chem studies crown ethers?
suprachemistry
what can crown ethers capture?
cations
what is the chem formula for formaldehyde?
H-C(=O)-H
what is the chem formula for acetaldehyde?
CH3-C(=O)-H
what is the chem formula for propionaldehyde?
CH3CH2-C(=O)-H
what is the chem formula for n-butyraldehyde?
CH3CH2CH2-C(=O)-H
what is the chem formula for glyceraldehyde?
CH2(OH)-CH(OH)-C(=O)-H
what is the basic chem formula for a ketone?
R-C(=O)-R
what is the chem formula for acetone?
CH3-C(=O)-CH3
what is the basic way that you name a ketone?
list the substituents on each side of the O + -one

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