Alcohol Chemistry Worksheet
A Grade 11 Chemistry worksheet focusing on the structure, properties, and reactions of alcohols, including nomenclature and applications.
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Alcohol Chemistry
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all work for calculations.
1. Which of the following functional groups characterizes an alcohol?
-COOH
-OH
-CHO
-NH2
2. What is the IUPAC name for CH3OH?
Ethanol
Propanol
Methanol
Butanol
3. Alcohols have higher boiling points than alkanes of similar molar mass due to the presence of bonding.
4. The dehydration of an alcohol in the presence of a strong acid catalyst produces an .
5. Explain why ethanol is soluble in water, while hexane is not.
6. Primary alcohols can be oxidized to carboxylic acids.
True
False
Match the alcohol type with its definition.
7. Primary alcohol
a. The carbon atom bonded to the -OH group is bonded to two other carbon atoms.
8. Secondary alcohol
b. The carbon atom bonded to the -OH group is bonded to three other carbon atoms.
9. Tertiary alcohol
c. The carbon atom bonded to the -OH group is bonded to one other carbon atom.
10. Draw the condensed structural formula for 2-butanol.
11. Give the IUPAC name for the following compound:
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