Alcohols, Halogenoalkanes and Analysis

Question	Answer
Volatility	the ease that a liquid turns into a gas. Volatility increases as boiling point decreases
Reflux	continual boiling and condensing of a reaction mixture to ensure that the reaction takes places without the contents of the flask boiling dry
Esterification	the reaction of an alcohol with a carboxyliv acid to prduce an ester and water
Dehydration	a elimination reaction in which water is removed from a saturated molecule to make an unsaturated molecule
Hydrolysis	a reaction with water or aqueous hydroxide ions that breaks a chemical compound into two compounds
Nucleophilic substitution	a type of substitution reaction in which a nucleophile is attracted to an electron-deficient centre where it donates a pair of electrons to form a new covalent bond
Limiting reagent	a substance in a chemical reaction that runs out first
Molecular ion, M+	positive ion formed in mass spectrometry when a molecule loses an electron
Fragmentation	the process in mass spectrometry that causes a positive ion to split into pieces, one of which is a positive fragment ion
Electrophile	electron pair acceptor
Nucleophile	electron pair donor

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