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CHEM219/CHEM 219 Module 6 – Principles of Organic Chemistry with Lab | Portage Learning | Updated
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CHEM219/ CHEM 219 Module 6 – Principles of
Organic Chemistry with Lab | Portage Learning |
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2026 / 2027 Academic Year
Q: kekulē model
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suggested that atoms joined by alternate single and double bonds
Q: evidence against kekule
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1. lack of reactivity of benzene
2. length of bonds
3. hydrogenation enthalpies
Q: lack of reactivity
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does not undergo electrophilic addition reactions
does not decolourise bromine
Q: delocalised model of benzene
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1. planar, cyclic, hexagonal hydrocarbon
2. overlapping of p-orbitals creates a system of pi-bonds
3. electrons are delocalised
Q: phenol acts as...
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a weak acid
Q: phenol vs benzene
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phenol is more reactive due to the lone pair of electrons from the oxygen p-orbital being
donated into the pi-system
the electron density of the ring is increased
Q: oxidation of aldehydes
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qto carboxylic acid
Q: ketones and aldehydes undergo
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nucleophilic addition
Q: reducing agent
Answer
NaBH4 sodium tetrahydridoborate(iii)
Q: ketone reduced to
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secondary alcohol
Q: aldehyde reduced to
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primary alcohol
Q: reactions of carbonyls with HCN
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forms hydroxynitriles
Q: testing for carbonyl group
use 2,4-DNP
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1. ad 5cm depth of 2,4-DNP into a test tube
2. add three drops of unknown compound
3. no crystals formed, add a few drops of sulfuric acid
4. yellow/orange ppt indicated presence of a carbonyl
Q: reaction with 2.4-DNP
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condensation reaction
Q: tollen's reagent
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silver nitrate in aqueous ammonia, in presence of aldehyde a silver mirror is produced
Q: testing for aldehyde group with Tollen's
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1. add 3cm of aq silver nitrate
2. add aq sodium hydroxide until a brown ppt is formed
3. add dilute ammonia until brown ppt dissolves
4. add unknown solution to clean tube
5. add equal vol of tollens
Q: silver ions
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act as an oxidising agent in presence of ammonia, reduced to silver
Q: carboxylic acids are classified as...
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weak acids
Q: redox of carboxylic acid and metals
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form hydrogen gas and carboxylate salt, metal dissolves and effervescence
Q: neutralisation of COOH and metal oxides
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salt and water
Q: tests for carboxyl group
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neutralisation with carbonates
Q: naming esters
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alcohol then carboxylic acid
Q: acid anhydride
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formed from removal of water from two carboxyls
Q: esterification
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alcohol and carboxylic acid to form an ester
Q: acid hydrolysis of esters
Answer
heated under reflux with dilute aq acid
produce carboxylic acid and alcohol
Q: alkaline hydrolysis of esters
Answer
reflux with aq hydroxide ions
form carboxyl ion and alcohol
Q: acyl chloride prep
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thionyl chloride
Q: acyl chloride and water
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makes carboxylic acid
Q: ammonia and amines act as
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nucleophiles by donating the lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen to an electron-deficient
species
Q: ammonia and acyl chloride
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primary amide
Q: primary amine and acyl chloride
form secondary amide
Q: amines behave as
bases as the lone pair of electrons can accept a proton
Q: amines and salt formation
they are bases and they neutralise acids to make salts
Q: ammonia in substitution reactions
lone pair on the nitrogen atom allowing ammonia to act as a nucleophile
Q: amine formation
salt and sodium hydroxide
Q: for amine formation, essential conditions;
1. ethanol as the solvent preventing further substitution to produce alcohols
2. excess ammonia reduces further sub of amine to form secondary and tertiary amines
phenylamine produced
reduction of nitrobenzene, heated under reflux with tin and hydrochloric acid
esterification of amino acids
heating with an alcohol in presence of conc sulfuric acid
zwitterions
dipolar ion
exists at certain pH
melting and boiling point will be higher
isoelectric point
the pH at which the zwitterion is formed
amides produced
Answer
reactions of acyl chlorides with ammonia and amines
chiral centre
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carbon atom that is attached to four different atoms or groups of atoms
enantiomers
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non-superimposable mirror image structures (optical isomers)
condensation polymerisation
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joining of monomers with the loss of a small molecule, usually water
polyester
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monomers are joined together by ester linkages in a long chain to form a polymer -carboxylic acid and alcohol
example polyesters
Answer
terylene
poly(lactic acid)
terylene
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monomers: benzene-1,4-carboxylic acid and ethane-1,2-diol
uses: clothing and ropes
alkali hydrolysis produces: alcohol and acid salt
poly(lactic acid)
Answer
monomer: amino acid
benefit: much more biodegradable
uses: waste produce bags, internal stitches, disposable utensils
polyamindes
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condensation polymers formed when monomers are joined together by amide linkages -carboyxlic acid/acyl chloride and an amine
polyamide examples
Answer
1. nylon-6,6
2. Kevlar
nylon-6,6
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monomers: hexandioic acid and hexan-1,6-diamine
uses: clothing and fibres
Kevlar
Answer
monomers:benzene-1,4-diamine and benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
uses: bulletproof
technique for separating a solid product from a solvent or liquid reaction mixture
Answer
filtration under pressure
filtration under pressure
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1. connect one end of the pressure tubing to the filter pump whilst attaching the other end
to the Buchner flask
2. fit the buchner funnel to the buchner flask ensuring that there is a good tight fit
3. switch on the tap
4. check for good suction by placing your hand across the top of the funnel
recrystallisation
Answer
the solid product obtained after filtration will contain impurities which can be removed by
carrying out recrystallisation.
how to recrystallise
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1. pour a quantity of the solvent into a conical flask, place over a bunsen burner
2. tip the impure sample into a second conical flask or beaker
3. slowly add the solvent to the impure sample until it dissolves in the solvent
4. allow solution to cool
melting point determination
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determines whether a solid compound is pure
melting range
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difference between the temp at which the sample starts to melt and the temp at which
melting is complete
impure sample melting point
Answer
melts over a wide range of temperatures
using electrically heated melting point apparatus
Answer
1. place the capillary tube containing the sample into a sample hole and thermometer in its
hole
2. using rapid heating setting start to heat whilst observing
3. once the solid is seen to melt, record the melting point
4. prep a second sample and place in the melting point apparatus and heat again
5. at melting p, set to low and observe slowly
capillary tube setting up
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1. sample completely dry and free flowing
2. take glass capillary tube, rotate in bunsen flame
3. fill with crystals
melting point using oil bath method
Answer
1. set up oil bath
2. attach capillary tube containing sample to thermometer
3. clamp thermometer, end of thermometer and tube should dip into the oil
4. use a micro-burner and record melting point
chromatography
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used to separate individual components from a mixture of substances
stationary phase
Answer
does not move and is normally a solid or liquid supported on a solid
mobile phase
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does move, normally a liquid or gas
applications of chromatography
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analysis of drugs, plastics and forensic science
TLC
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Thin layer chromatography is a quick and inexpensive analytical technique that indicates
how many components are in a mixture
adsorbent
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solid substance usually silica, the stationary phase
adsorption
Answer
process by which the solid silica holds the different substances in the mixture to its surface
retention factor
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distance moved by component/ distance moved by solvent
retention time
Answer
in gas chromatography, the time for a component to pass from the column inlet to the
detector
use of gas chromatography
Answer
separating and identifying volatile organic compounds present in a mixture
gas chromatography stationary phase
Answer
high boiling liquid adsorbed onto an inert solid support
gas chromatography mobile phase
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inert carrier gas
gas chromatography
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1. volatile mixture injected into apparatus
2. carrier gas caries components through capillary column
3. components slow down as they interact with the liquid stationary phase
4. the more soluble the component the slower it moved through the capillary column
information obtained from a gas chromatogram
Answer
1. retention times
2. peak integrations used to determine the concs of components in the sample
test for alkene
Answer
add bromine water, decolourised from orange to colourless
test for haloalkane
Answer
add silver nitrate and ethanol and warm to 50
test for carbonyl
Answer
add 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine forming an orange ppt
carbon-13 NMR info
Answer
types of chemical environments present from the chemical shift
the number of carbon environments from the peaks
benzene into chlorobenzene
Answer
chlorine and aluminium chloride
benzene to nitrobenzene
conc nitric acid
conc sulphuric acid
reflux at 55
electrophilic substitution
benzene with alkyl group
alkylation
haloalkane
anydrous aluminium chloride
RTP
dry inert solvent
benzene with acyl group
acylation
acyl chloride
anyhrous AlCl3
reflux 50
dry inert solvent
nitrobenzene to phenylamine
tin
conc HCl
reflux
reduction
phenylamine to benzene diazonium
nitrous acid
HCl
keep below 10
diazotisation
benzene diazonium to phenol
water
warm above 10
nitrile to carboxylic acid
hydrolysis
dilute nitric acid
amide to carboxylic acid
hydrolysis
acyl chloride to amide
excess ammonia
low temp
addition-elimination
alcohol to alkene
conc sulphuric acid
heat
elimination
nitrile to amine
reduction
LiAlH4
haloalkane to amine
excess alcoholic ammonia
reflux
amide to amine
reduction
carboxylic acid to acyl chloride 1
PCl5 dry conditions
acyl chloride to carboxylic acid
cold water
addition-elimination
acyl chloride to ester
reflux in dry anhydrous conditions
addition-elimination
with alcohol
acyl chloride to N-substituted amide
anhydrous
amine
addition-elimination
alkane to haloalkane
free radical sub
UV light
radicals
alkene to haloalkane
hydrogen halide
room temp
electrophilic sub
alcohol to aldehyde
sulphuric acid and potassium dichromate
distill
oxidation
alkene to alkane
hydrogen
nickel catalyst
hydrogenation
alkene to alcohol
steam
300c
60atm
H3PO4 catalyst
hydration
aldehyde to alcohol
NaBH4/ sodium borohydride
aq/alcoholic
reduction
nucelophilic addition
alcohol to carboxylic acid
sulphuric acid/ potassium dichromate
refluc
excess oxidising agent
oxidation
haloalkane to alkene
KOH in ethanol
heat
elimination
ketone/aldehyde to hydroxynitrile
potassium cyanide
dilute acid
reflux
nucleophilic addition
carboxylic acid to acyl chloride
SOCl2
dry condition
carboxylic acid to ester
alcohol and acid catalyst
reflux
pKb strength of base
smaller=stronger
Kb strength of base
larger=stronger
electron releasing
more basic
CH3 groups
electron withdrawing
less basic
calculate isoelectric point
pI given as the average of the pKa's that involve the zwitterion