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Testing for organic functional groups: unsaturation or double bonds
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Many 16+ curriculums include testing for organic functional groups. The iodoform reaction is a simple test for the presence of the acetyl (ethanoyl) group (CH3CO–). The reaction can also be used to te..
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Many 16+ curricula include testing for organic functional groups. Qualitative distinction of primary/secondary alcohols from tertiary alcohols, and aldehydes from ketones is commonly carried out with ..
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Many post-16 chemistry curricula include testing for organic functional groups. Phenol crystals are tricky to work with, so provide students an opportunity to develop their manual handling and observa..
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Although both aldehydes and ketones contain the carbonyl functional group (-C=O), only aldehydes (or reducing sugars) give a positive ‘silver mirror’ test result with Tollen’s reagent. This small-scal..
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The dehydration of an alcohol to an alkene is commonly studied in post-16 courses. The chemistry of alkenes is also required at GCSE. In this small-scale method, which can be carried out on the open ..
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Although both aldehydes and ketones contain the carbonyl functional group (-C=O), only aldehydes give a positive test (formation of an orange to brick-red precipitate of copper(I) oxide) with Fehling’..
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Testing for organic functional groups: manganate(VII) test for alcohols and carbonyls
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Testing for organic functional groups: phenol
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Testing for organic functional groups: the iodoform reaction
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