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Dehydration and oxidation of alcohols

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does dehydration mean in chemistry?

a)

Being thirsty

b)

Not having enough water

c)

Addition of water

d)

Elimination of water

2.

What kinds of bonds/forces are present in a beaker of ethanol?

a)

Covalent bonds

b)

London forces

c)

Hydrogen bonds

d)

Ionic bonds

e)

Metallic bonds

3.

What kind of alcohol is shown in the image?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

4.

What kind of alcohol is shown in the image?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

5.

Acidified potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7/H2SO4) is often used to oxidise alcohols. In this reaction there is a colour change from (a)   to green.

6.

Oxidation of secondary alcohols produces...

a)

aldehydes

b)

ketones

c)

carboxylic acids

7.

Dehydration is an example of what type of reaction?

a)

Elimination

b)

Substitution

c)

Addition

8.

Which one is a tertiary alcohol?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
9.

An alcohol can be __________________ to form a carboxylic acid

a)

oxidised

b)

reduced

c)

polymerised

d)

broken down

10.

Which alcohol cannot be oxidized by a warm acidified solution of potassium dichromate(VI)?

a)

2-methylpropan-1-ol

b)

propan-1-ol

c)

butan-2-ol

d)

2-methylpropan-2-ol

11.

What is the product from the oxidation of propan-2-ol?

a)

propandiol

b)

propanal

c)

propanoic acid

d)

propanone

12.

What reagents and conditions are required for the elimination reaction converting propan-2-ol to Propene

a)

H2O/H+

b)

NaBH4

c)

SOCl

d)

H2SO4 (conc)

13.

What is the difference between aldehyde and ketones?

a)

position of C=O group

b)

position of C atoms

c)

the number of bonds carbon can form

d)

the number of oxygen atoms