Chemistry A2 organic Quizsearch

A relevant and hopefully challenging quiz on carbonyl compounds from organic chemistry.

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  • Created by: Tegen
  • Created on: 15-03-13 14:39
What is formed from reacting an acid anhydride, alcohol and concentrated sulfuric acid?
Ester
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If you heat a KETONE with tollens reagent you will observe...
No Change
2 of 10
What colour precipitate is formed when you react an aldehyde/ketone with 2,4 - DNP?
Yellow
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What type of mechanism is the reduction of a ketone/aldehyde back to an alcohol?
nucleophilic addition
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Saponification is an alkali _____ of an ester
hydrolysis
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the name of the process which creates an ester from an alcohol and a carboylic acid
esterification
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what would you observe if you heated methanal and tollens reagent
silver mirror
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the reduction of a ketone produces a _______ alcohol
secondary
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to carry out an acid hydrolysis you need a ____ acid catalyst
dilute
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ketones do not react with potassium dichromate as they cannot be_____?
oxidised
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Card 2

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If you heat a KETONE with tollens reagent you will observe...

Back

No Change

Card 3

Front

What colour precipitate is formed when you react an aldehyde/ketone with 2,4 - DNP?

Back

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Card 4

Front

What type of mechanism is the reduction of a ketone/aldehyde back to an alcohol?

Back

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Card 5

Front

Saponification is an alkali _____ of an ester

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