WJEC A-level Chemistry A410QS · C3.4(e)
Oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes/carboxylic acids and secondary alcohols to ketones
- Code
- C3.4(e)
- In
- C3.4 Alcohols and carboxylic acids
- Topic
- C3 Topic C3: Chemistry of carbon compounds
- Course
- A-level Chemistry A410QS
- Board
- WJEC
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Points in C3.4 Alcohols and carboxylic acids
- C3.4(a) Industrial preparation of ethanol from ethene
- C3.4(b) Preparing alcohols by fermentation; biofuels
- C3.4(c) Dehydration reactions of alcohols
- C3.4(d) Classification of alcohols as primary, secondary and tertiary
- C3.4(e) Oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes/carboxylic acids and secondary alcohols to ketones
- C3.4(f) Dichromate(VI) test for primary/secondary alcohols and sodium hydrogencarbonate test for carboxylic acids
- C3.4(g) Reactions of carboxylic acids with bases, carbonates and hydrogencarbonates forming salts
- C3.4(h) Esterification
- C3.4(i) Separation by distillation