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Worksheet 10.

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Alcohols
1 When ethanol vapour is passed over heated aluminium oxide, a dehydration reaction takes place
and ethene gas is formed.
a Write the equation for this reaction using the structural formulae.

b What is meant by a dehydration reaction?


A chemical reaction whereby a water molecule is lost, such as that during the synthesis of an
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organic compound
c Draw a diagram of suitable apparatus for carrying out this reaction in the lab.

d In industry ethanol can be made by a reaction which is the reverse of the one above. Ethene
and steam are reacted together in the presence of phosphoric acid at high temperature and
pressure.
i Write the equation for this reaction.
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ii What type of reaction is this?
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iii What is the function of the phosphoric acid?
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e The ethanol produced by the method in d is pure, but the method is expensive.
i What alternative method is available for the large-scale production of ethanol?
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ii Give one advantage (other than cost), and one disadvantage, of this method compared with
the method in d.
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2 a Ethanol is a member of a homologous series.
i Which homologous series is ethanol a member of? ........................................
ii What is the general formula of the series? .....................................................
iii What is the functional group of the series? ....................................................
b There are two isomers of the alcohol propanol.
i What is the molecular formula of propanol? ................................................
ii Draw the two structural formulae of the isomers of propanol, and give their names.

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