Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry
16.1Alcohols
Alcohols in Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 16.1.1Recall how alcohols are produced (hydration, diol formation, hydrolysis, reductions with NaBH₄ or LiAlH₄, ester hydrolysis).
- 16.1.2Describe combustion, substitution to halogenoalkanes, reaction with sodium, oxidation, dehydration and esterification.
- 16.1.3Classify alcohols as primary, secondary and tertiary and state distinguishing reactions.
- 16.1.4Deduce a CH₃CH(OH)– group from the reaction with alkaline iodine.
- 16.1.5Explain the acidity of alcohols compared with water.
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Alcohols: structure, properties and making ethanol
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Reactions of alcohols
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