Chemical Properties of Alcohols - Reactions Involving Cleavage of C - O Bond
Chemistry
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Reactions involving cleavage of C-OH bond
1.Reaction with hydrogen halides. 2.Reaction with phosphorus halide. 3.Reaction with thionyl chloride. 4.Reaction with ammonia.
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Haloalkanes from alcohols and halogen acids
Alcohols react with hydrogen halide to form the haloalkanes.
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Dehydration of alcohols
The process of elimination of a water molecule from a compound is known as dehydration. The alcohols can be dehydrated either by heating them with concentrated sulphuric acid.
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Dehydration by protonic acids
Alcohols, when treated with protonic acid, produce alkenes.
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Products of oxidation of alcohols
The oxidation of alcohols is different at different conditions. Primary alcohols give aldehyde, secondary alcohols give ketone's and tertiary alcohol also gives ketone.
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Oxidation of primary alcohols
Primary alcohols are easily oxidised by acidified potassium dichromate or potassium permagnate to give aldehyde which further give acid.
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Oxidation of secondary alcohol
Secondary alcohol are easily oxidised by the common oxidizing reagents like acidified potassium chromate etc. to form ketone's containing the same number of carbon atoms.
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Oxidation of tertiary alcohols
Tertiary alcohols are very difficult to be oxidised, because they do not posses alpha hydrogen atom.
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Phenols with PCl5
Phenols with PCl5 gives Chlorobenzene , HCl, POCl3. C6H5−OH+PCl5→C6H5−Cl+HCl+POCl3