How do you identify a carbonyl compound?
Add Tollens' reagent
Add Biuret reagent
Add 2,4-DNPH
Add carboxylic acid
What is Brady's reagent?
A mixture of H2SO4 and benzene + 2,4-DNPH
A mixture of HCl and ethanol + 2,4-DNPH
A mixture of NaOH and methanol + 2,4-DNPH
A mixture of H2SO4 and methanol + 2,4-DNPH
What's formed when 2,4-DNPH is added to an aldehyde/ketone?
A blue solid
An orange/yellow precipiate
An orange/yellow solution
A green precipitate
What does the 2,4-DNPH derivative confirm?
The presence of C=O
The presence of COOH
The presence of OH
The presence of COO
What happens when 2,4-DNPH added to carboxylic acid/ester?
An orange/yellow precipitate formed
An orange to green colour change
A solid disappears
No precipitate formed
What is Tollen's reagent?
A weak oxidising agent
A weak reducing agent
A strong oxidising agent
A strong reducing agent
What happens to aldehydes when Tollens' reagent is added to it?
Oxidised to ketones
Reduced to carboxylic acids
Oxidised to carboxylic acids
Reduced to alcohols
What observation do you see when Tollen's reagent is added to an aldehyde?
Brown precipitate
Silver mirror
No observation
Brick red precipitate
Why is a silver mirror formed?
Al ions oxidised to Al metal
Silver ions reduced to silver metal
Silver ions oxidised to silver metal
Al ions reduced to Al metal
What is the equation for the silver mirror being formed?
Ag-(aq) + e+ ---> Ag(s)
Ag+(aq) ---> Ag(s) + e-
Ag+(s) + e- ---> Ag(aq)
Ag+(aq) + e- ---> Ag(s)
What observation do you see when Tollen's added to ketone?
Deep blue solution
Orange to green colour change
What's the reason for no observation?
The reaction is too slow
Ketones are not reduced by Tollens' reagent
Ketones are not oxidised by Tollens' reagent
Ketones are just dead
What's the oxidising species in Tollens' reagent?
Ag(aq)
Br+(aq)
Ag(s)
Ag+(aq)
What conditions are required for these reactions?
Warm
Reflux
conc H2SO4
Alkaline
Filter and product. Measure of purified product which is very . Compare the melting point to a or to identify the unknown product and therefore the carbonyl compound.
Why does the yellow/orange solid have to be recrystallised?
Because it needs to be crystallised again
Because its slightly impure
Because it's fun
Because it needs to be more solid
Why can't boiling points be used to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones?
It's not possible to know all of the boiling points for every single one
It will all boil away
Some are very close together/similar
It's not accurate enough