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What is needed to carry out "heating under reflux"? - correct answer
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✔Equipment: Vertical condenser (clamps etc), Pear-shaped flask, antibumping
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granules, grease/vaseline and a heat source
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*Antibumping granules*-used to make the liquid boil calmly and prevent
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bumping, bubbles and liquid from being expelled.
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*Vaseline*-Makes the join airtight and prevents them from freezing in certain
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reactions
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How do you carry out "heating under reflux"? - correct answer ✔Set up the
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equipment as shown in the diagram.
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Add the reaction mix into the flask with antibumping granules.
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Add grease/vaseline between the flask and condenser joint.
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Clamp the flask/condenser joint to ensure it doesn't fall.
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Connect the tubing (water in at the bottom out on top) and start the reflux.
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What is the purpose of reflux? - correct answer ✔It enables a liquid to be
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continually boiled whilst the reaction takes place. This prevents volatile
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components from escaping and the flask boiling dry.
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The vapour rises in the inner tube till it meets the outer tube containing cold
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water.
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The vapour condenses and drips back into the falsk.
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,What equipment is needed to carry out "distillation"? - correct answer
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✔Equipment: Condenser (clamps etc), Pear-shaped flask, antibumping
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granules, grease/vaseline, still head, receiver, screw-tap adaptor, thermometer
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and a heat source.
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How do you carry out "distillation"? - correct answer ✔Place the reaction
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mixture in the pear shaped glass. Apply grease at the joints and put the
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quickfit apparatus together.
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Clamp the flask/still head joint and the condenser joint. Put a flask at the
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bottom of the receiver. Grease is used to ensure the apparatus comes apart
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easily. Cold water in at the bottom.
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What is the purpose of distillation? - correct answer ✔To separate pure liquids
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from their impurities. Each liquid will have a specific boiling point (the lowest
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will boil first and is more volatile). The vapour leaves the flask and enters into
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the cold condenser, where it condenses and becomes a liquid.
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How can a organic products be purified? - correct answer ✔Using a separating
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funnel. Identify the organic layer by adding in H₂O, the organic layer will
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remain the same size. After:
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1.Ensure the separating funnel tap is closed.
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2.Pour the mixture into the funneland place a stopper. Begin to invert it.
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3.Place it in a clamp and allow it to settle. Add H₂O again to identify the
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aqueous layer.
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4.Remove the stopper and allow the whole lower layer to leave the funnel.
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5.The organic product has been purified.
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,How can acids from organic products be purified? - correct answer ✔By adding
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aqueous sodium carbonate and shaking the mix in a separating funnel. The
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acid will react with the base to produce Co₂.
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Bc of this the tap needs to be opened slowly and away from you to release any
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pressure built up.
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Why do some organic products need to be dried? - correct answer ✔To remove
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excess water a drying agent is used. Normally anhydrous salts are used
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(MgSO₄, CaCl₂), they readily take up water to become hydrated. The salts
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above are used for general drying and calcium chloride is used for dring
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hydrocarbons.
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How do you dry organic products? - correct answer ✔1.Add the product to a
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conical flask
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2.Use a spatula to add some drying agent and swirl the mix gently.
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3.Place a stopper to prevent evaporation (10mins)
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4.Is the solid is lumped H₂O is still present - add more agent and repeat 2-3.
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5.If a fine powder forms decant (gradually pour) the liquid from the solid into a
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another flask - the liquid should be clear.
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Why does redillation need to be carried out? - correct answer ✔Some organics
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have similar boiling points so the prepared sample may still have impurities.
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Distillation is done again, the same apparatus is cleaned and dried. The
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compound required is then distilled.
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What are the reactions of an alkane? - correct answer ✔A haloalkane - using
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UV (homolytic fission/free radical substitution)
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, What are the reactions of an alkene? - correct answer ✔-Alkane - using a H₂
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and Ni catalyst
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-Haloalkane - using a hydrogen halide | | | | | |




-Alcohol- Using H₂0(g) and H₃PO₄ catalyst
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What are the reactions of a primary alcohol? - correct answer ✔-Alkene - using
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concentrated H₂SO₄
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-Haloalkane - NaHalide + H₂SO₄ | | | |




-Aldehyde - K₂Cr₂O₇/H₂SO₄ destil | | |




-Carboxylic acid - K₂Cr₂O₇/H₂SO₄ reflux | | | |




What are the reactions of a secondary alcohol? - correct answer ✔-Ketone-
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K₂Cr₂O₇/H₂SO₄ reflux |




What are the reactions of a haloalkane? - correct answer ✔-Alcohol - NaOH is
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heated under reflux.
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How do you filter under pressure and what are its benefits? - correct answer
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✔A buchner funnel and flask are used.
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Dissolve the impure solid into just the right amount of a warm, appropriate
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solvent (until a saturated solution is formed).
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If the solution is not clear; filter the solution through a buchner funnel to
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|remove any insoluble impurities.
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Cool the solution, so that the product recrystallizes to leave the smaller
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amounts of impurities in the solution.
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Filter the solution to recover the purified product.
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