College of Pharmacy

PMOC Laboratory

WORKSHEET EXERCISE NO. 2

ETHYL ALCOHOL

Group members: Last Name, First Name M.I. TASKS

Balanced reaction:

Experimental data

Reactants Molecular weight Density Amount used

Sucrose
Water

Products Molecular weight Amount produced

___________________
___________________

Calculations:
Actual Yield ___________________
Theoretical Yield ___________________
Percentage Yield ___________________

COMPUTATION: (Show your solution)

Results
A. Physical Tests
1. Appearance ________________________
2. Color ________________________
3. Specific gravity ________________________
4. Boiling point ________________________

B. Chemical Tests

Combustion test

Color of flame:_____________________________________________

Iodoform Test
Write the chemical reaction involved:

Step 1: _________________________________________________________

Step 2: _________________________________________________________

Ester formation

Chemical reaction:_______________________________________________

Odor:_________________________________________________________

C. FTIR spectrum of Ethyl Alcohol

(Copy and aste FTIR spectrum of ethyl alcohol)
Questions:

1. How do the following factors affect the antiseptic activity of alcohols:

concentration, structure and molecular weight?

2. Explain how ethanol abuse causes cirrhosis of the liver and methanol causes
blindness.

3. Give the mechanism by which disulfiram treats alcoholism.