12.6_EXERCISE

Alcohol Questions
1. Which of the following structure shows a compound that can react with
ethanol to give a sweet-smelling liquid?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2. The list shows some chemical reactions.

1 combustion of ethanol
2 reaction of ethanol with ethanoic acid to produce an ester
3 glucose fermentation
Which reactions produces water?
A 1 and 2 only
B 1 and 3 only
C 2 and 3 only
D 1, 2 and 3
3. Yeast can convert glucose to
A. ester and oxygen.
B. sugars and carbon dioxide.
C. carbon dioxide and ethanol.
D. ethanol and oxygen.
4. The reaction of ethanol and air produces vinegar (a solution of ethanoic

acid).Which gas in the air is used to make up the reaction?
A. water vapour
B. oxygen
C. carbon dioxide
D. nitrogen
5. What is the product of boiling excess acidified potassium dichromate (VI)

with propanol?
A. propanoic acid
B. propane
C. ethyl propanoate
D. propene
6. Structures of an acid and an alcohol are shown below.
Alcohol
Acid
Which pairing of names correctly matches the two compounds?

Alcohol Acid
A Ethanol Propanoic
B Butanol Butanoic acid
C Propanol Butanoic acid
D Propanol Ethanoic acid
7. What is the formula of butanol?

A. C3H7OH
B. C4H9OH
C. CH3 COOH
D. C4H8
8. If ethanol is left standing in air over night, it becomes acidic. Which

equation indicates this change?
A. C2H5OH + O2→CH3COOH + H2O

B. C2H5OH + 3O2→ 2CO3 + 3H2O
C. 2C2H5OH + O2→ 2CH3COOH + 3H2
D. C2H5OH + CO→CH3 CH2COOH
9. Which statement is true about ethanol?

A. ethanol is an unsaturated compound.
B. the oxidation of ethanoic acid gives ethanol.
C. the reaction of ethanol and ethyl ethanoate produces an acid
D.A catalytic addition of steam to ethene gives ethanol.
10. The boiling points of the alcohols increase with an increase in relative
molecular mass. Which alcohol is likely to have the highest boiling point?
A propanol
B ethanol
C methanol
D butanol
11. Which statement about members of alcohol homologous series of is
correct?
A. An alcohol with three carbon atoms in each molecule is called
ethanol.
B. propanol can be combusted to give carbon dioxide and water only.
C. Butanol is the only alcohol that can be oxidised to a carboxylic acid.
D. butanol can be made by the catalysed addition of steam to propene.
12. Which alcohol will produce CH3CH2CO2H on oxidation?

A CH3CH2OH
B CH3CH2CH2OH
C CH3CH2CH2CH2OH
D HOCH2CH2CH2CH2OH
13. How many of the following statements are true about ethanol?
1 C2H6O is its molecular formula
2 can be manufactured from a reaction of ethane and steam
3 can be by produced by fermenting glucose
4 can be used as a fuel
5 can be used as a solvent
A3
B4
C5
D1
14. Alcohols can undergo be oxidation to give another homologous series of

compounds. What would be the expected product of the oxidation of
pentanol?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15. Which compound has more than four carbon atoms per molecule?
A. butanoic acid
B. butanol
C. butene
D. butyl butanoate
16. An alcohol consist of 65% carbon by mass. What is its possible formula?
A.C4H9OH
B.CH3OH
C.C2H5OH
D.C3H7OH
17. Which statement is not true about ethanol?

A. It is obtained by fermentation.
B. It undergo oxidation to form ethanoic acid.
C. Its full displayed formula is
D. It is used as a solvent.
SECTION B
1. A list of formulae of organic compounds is given below

C4H8, C2H5OH, C2H6, C3H8
Which of the formulae match the following descriptions?
a) A compound which reacts with steam to form an alcohol
b) A compound which undergo oxidation in the presence of potassium

dichromate (VI) to produce ethanoic acid
c) A compound which is a product of fermentation of sugars
d) A compound in the same homologous series with C 2H4
e) A compound which is not a hydrocarbon
f) A compound which is not saturated
2. Ethanol is produced by catalytic addition of another substance to ethene.

a) Draw the displayed formula of ethene
b) Draw the displayed formula of ethanol

c) Give the name of the substance that react with ethene to produce ethanol
d) What is the temperature necessary for this reaction?
e) Which catalyst is used in this reaction?
3a) Which compound has the structure below?
b) Which compound has the structure given below?
c) What is the general formula of an alcohol?
d) Which alcohol is oxidised to make butanoic acid?
e) Which alcohol is oxidised to make ethanoic acid?
SECTION C
1. The table shows information about different alcohols which are an

homologous series of organic chemical compounds.
Alcohol Molecular formula Boiling point/°C
Methanol CH3OH 65
Propanol
Ethanol C2H5OH 78
C3H7OH 97
Butanol
Pentanol C5H11OH 137
(a) Define the term homologous series? [3]

Answer
 A homologous series is a group of organic molecules with similar
chemical reactions.
 All members of the homologous series consist of the general formula
 Members of a
(b) (i) Give the formula for butanol and an estimation the boiling point of
butanol [2]
Answer: C4H9OH, 117°C
(ii) A molecule of the alcohol heptanol contains seven carbon atoms. Write
the formula of heptanol. [1]
Answer: C6H13OH
(c) Ethanol is also manufactured from ethene.
Ethene reacts with steam to form ethanol in the presence of a catalyst.
(i) Write an equation for the reaction described above.[1]
Answer: H3PO4
C2H4 +H2O→C2H5OH
(ii)What is the type of reaction that took place? [1]

Answer: addition reaction
(d) In industries, ethanol can also be manufactured from glucose, C 6H12O6
according to the following reaction
C6H12O6 →2CO2 + 2C2H5OH
A solution containing 18 kg of glucose produces only 0.92 kg of ethanol.
Calculate the percentage yield of ethanol. [3]
Answer
2. Ethanol, C2H5OH, is basically manufactured by two different processes.
Process 1 – the reaction between steam and ethene in the presence of a
catalyst.
Process 2 – glucose fermentation
(a) What is the type of reaction used to manufacture ethene? [1]
Answer: cracking
(b) (i) Give the equation for process 1.[1]
Answer: C2H4 + H2O → C2H5OH
(ii) Deduce the name of the alcohol made when the alkene C 3H6 reacts with
steam in the presence of a catalyst. [1]
Answer: propanol,propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol
(c) Equation for process 2 is shown below.
C6H12O6 (aq) →2C2H5OH (aq) + 2CO2 (g)
(i) Describe two essential conditions necessary for efficient fermentation.
[2]
Answer:
Temperature of between 30°C and 40°C
Yeast or zymase or enzymes
(ii) Suggest any advantages of manufacturing ethanol using process 2
rather than by
Process 1. [2]
Answer:
Renewable raw materials used,
Lower temperature are required
Lower pressure is required,
Consumes less energy and therefore less energy cost.
Simple apparatus is used;
(d) Process 2 produces an aqueous solution of ethanol. Suggest any method

of purification that can be used to eliminate water from the aqueous ethanol.
[1]
Answer: distillation
(e) Describe a chemical test that can be possibly used to positively identify
the gas(carbon dioxide) produced during fermentation.
Answer
Lime water, a white precipitate is produced
3. Alcohols are a homologous series of organic compounds.

The table shows some of the information about alcohols.
Name Molecular formula
CH4O
Ethanol C2H6O
C3H8O
Butanol C4H10O
C5H12O
(a) Suggest names of the alcohol with the molecular formula C 3H8O, CH4O
and C5H12O [3]
Answer
C3H8O-propanol
CH4O-methanol
C5H12O-pentanol
(b) Draw the structure of an alcohol which has the molecular formula C 4H10O
and explain with reasoning why this alcohol is saturated. [2]
Answer
(c) What is the molecular formula of an alcohol that consists of six carbon
atoms?
[1]
Answer: C6H14O
(d) Ethanol reacts with ethanoic acid to produce ethyl ethanoate.
(i) Draw the structure of ethanol.[1]
Answer
(ii) Suggest uses of ethanol [2]

Answer.
As disinfectant
For making esters
(e) Describe, with the aid of an equation, how ethanol is manufactured by

the process of fermentation.
[4]
Yeast is added to a solution of glucose .The mixture is kept at between 30-
40°C in the absence of air. The enzyme (zymase) in yeast breaks glucose
into ethanol and carbon dioxide. Then fractional distillation is used to obtain
ethanol from the mixture.
C6H12O6 (aq) →2C2H5OH (aq) + 2CO2 (g)

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Alcohol Questions

2. The list shows some chemical reactions.

4. The reaction of ethanol and air produces vinegar (a solution of ethanoic

5. What is the product of boiling excess acidified potassium dichromate (VI)

6. Structures of an acid and an alcohol are shown below.

Which pairing of names correctly matches the two compounds?

7. What is the formula of butanol?

8. If ethanol is left standing in air over night, it becomes acidic. Which

A. C2H5OH + O2→CH3COOH + H2O

9. Which statement is true about ethanol?

12. Which alcohol will produce CH3CH2CO2H on oxidation?

14. Alcohols can undergo be oxidation to give another homologous series of

17. Which statement is not true about ethanol?

1. A list of formulae of organic compounds is given below

b) A compound which undergo oxidation in the presence of potassium

c) A compound which is a product of fermentation of sugars

d) A compound in the same homologous series with C 2H4

e) A compound which is not a hydrocarbon

f) A compound which is not saturated

2. Ethanol is produced by catalytic addition of another substance to ethene.

b) Draw the displayed formula of ethanol

d) What is the temperature necessary for this reaction?

e) Which catalyst is used in this reaction?

3a) Which compound has the structure below?

b) Which compound has the structure given below?

c) What is the general formula of an alcohol?

d) Which alcohol is oxidised to make butanoic acid?

e) Which alcohol is oxidised to make ethanoic acid?

1. The table shows information about different alcohols which are an

(a) Define the term homologous series? [3]

(ii)What is the type of reaction that took place? [1]

(d) Process 2 produces an aqueous solution of ethanol. Suggest any method

3. Alcohols are a homologous series of organic compounds.

(ii) Suggest uses of ethanol [2]

(e) Describe, with the aid of an equation, how ethanol is manufactured by

C6H12O6 (aq) →2C2H5OH (aq) + 2CO2 (g)

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