Organic Synthesis (OCR A-Level Chemistry A): Quizzes
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What is organic synthesis?
What is organic synthesis?
Building complex molecules from simpler ones
Which functional group is present in an aldehyde?
Which functional group is present in an aldehyde?
Why are alcohols described as central in the synthetic routes flowchart?
Why are alcohols described as central in the synthetic routes flowchart?
They convert to many other functional groups
What is formed when a primary alcohol is oxidised using with distillation?
What is formed when a primary alcohol is oxidised using with distillation?
An aldehyde
What product forms when a secondary alcohol is oxidised?
What product forms when a secondary alcohol is oxidised?
A ketone
What intermediate is needed to convert 1-chloropropane to propanal?
What intermediate is needed to convert 1-chloropropane to propanal?
A primary alcohol
What reagents convert a haloalkane to a primary alcohol?
What reagents convert a haloalkane to a primary alcohol?
, reflux
What reagents convert an alkene to a secondary alcohol?
What reagents convert an alkene to a secondary alcohol?
Steam and acid catalyst
Why use distillation when oxidising primary alcohols to aldehydes?
Why use distillation when oxidising primary alcohols to aldehydes?
Removes aldehyde before further oxidation
What does ozonolysis of an alkene produce?
What does ozonolysis of an alkene produce?
Aldehydes and/or ketones