Chemistry 5070 · O Level · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

Ethanol can be made by using either ethene or glucose as the initial raw material. Which row is correct?

  • Aethene; catalytic addition of steam at $300\,^{\circ}\text{C}$ and $6000\,\text{kPa}$
  • Bethene; catalytic addition of steam at $30\,^{\circ}\text{C}$ and $60\,000\,\text{kPa}$
  • Cglucose; $135\,^{\circ}\text{C}$ in the presence of yeast and absence of oxygen
  • Dglucose; $35\,^{\circ}\text{C}$ in the presence of yeast and oxygen

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