Chemistry 5070 · O Level · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

Ethanol and butanol are each alcohols.
(a)[2]

Describe how ethanol is manufactured from ethene.

(b(i))[1]

State a different use of ethanol.

(b(ii))[2]

Construct an equation that represents the incomplete combustion of ethanol.

(c)[1]

Ethanol can be oxidised to produce ethanoic acid. Name a reagent that can carry out this oxidation.

(d)[1]

Draw an alcohol structure that is an isomer of butanol. Display every atom and every bond.

(e)[1]

Butanol can change into an alkene through loss of one water molecule. Draw the alkene produced, showing every atom and every bond.

(f(i))[1]

What type of polymerisation takes place?

(f(ii))[1]

Poly(butene) is non-biodegradable. What is meant by the term non-biodegradable?

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