Chemical Properties of Alcohols - Reactions Involving Cleavage of C - O Bond

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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 PCl gives Chlorobenzene , HCl, POCl.

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