Alcohol

Alcohol

(Secondary alcohol) Acidifed dichromate - orange to green (oxidised)
1. Ketone
  1. Ketone cannot be further oxidised
(Primary alcohol) Acidified dichromate/permanganate and heat (oxidised)
1. Aldehyde
  1. Tollen's Reagent. Observations: A fine black precipitate or a silver mirror
  2. Benedicts or Fehlings solutions. Observations: blue solution to a red-brown precipitate
  3. Acidified dichromate or permanganate, heat
    1. Carboxylic Acid
      1. R-OH, conc. H2SO4, heat (condensation)
        Ester
PCl5, PCl3, SOCl2, conc. HBr acid. Also Lucas Reagant (goes cloudy: Tertiary = fast, Secondary = slow w/ heat, Primary = no reaction. (substitution)
1. Haloalkane
  1. NH3, heat
    1. Amine
  2. OH-, heat
conc. H2SO4, heat
1. Alkene
  1. Pt Catalyst
    1. Alkane
      1. KOH(alc), heat
      2. Halogen, light
  2. Halogen or hydrogen halide
Tertiary alcohols are not oxidised

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	Created by Lauren Collins over 9 years ago