Practice Type Of Carbon Atom To Which –oh Is Attached (1.2) - Chapter 11: Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers

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Question 1.
What is a primary alcohol? Provide an example.
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Think of the structure of ethanol.
Question 2.
Identify this alcohol: CH₃CH₂OH. What type is it?
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Count how many other carbons the -OH carbon is attached to.
3Question 3.
What type of alcohol is CH₃CH₂OH?
- Primary
- Secondary
- Tertiary
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Count how many carbons are connected to the -OH carbon.
4Question 4.
True or False: Tertiary alcohols can easily oxidize.
- True
- False
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Consider what happens during oxidation of alcohols.
Question 5.
Determine whether a given structure is primary, secondary, or tertiary: CH₃CH(OH)C₂H₅.
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Count how many carbon attachments the –OH carbon has.
Question 6.
Explain the oxidation processes and give examples for all three types of alcohols.
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Think about what happens in oxidation; draw the structures if needed.

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