Alcohol Chemistry Worksheet
A Grade 12 Chemistry worksheet covering the properties, nomenclature, reactions, and uses of alcohols.
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Alcohol Chemistry Worksheet
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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
-O-
2. What is the IUPAC name for CH₃CH₂OH?
Methanol
Ethanol
Propanol
Butanol
3. Alcohols have higher boiling points than alkanes of similar molar mass due to the presence of bonding.
4. The oxidation of a primary alcohol typically produces an , which can be further oxidized to a carboxylic acid.
5. Explain why methanol is more toxic to humans than ethanol, despite both being alcohols.
6. Secondary alcohols can be oxidized to ketones.
True
False
7. Tertiary alcohols are easily oxidized.
True
False
Match the alcohol type with its description or characteristic reaction.
8. Primary Alcohol
a. Can be oxidized to a ketone
9. Secondary Alcohol
b. Has the -OH group attached to a carbon bonded to only one other carbon
10. Tertiary Alcohol
c. Resistant to oxidation