Alcohol and Carboxylic Acid

SECTION A: MCQ

1. A liquid reacts with each of sodium carbonate, potassium hydroxide and ethanol.
What is the liquid?
A aqueous ammonia
B ethanoic acid
C ethyl ethanoate
D hydrochloric acid

2. A compound known in industry as ‘MTBE’ is used as an additive in ‘lead-free’ petrol. The

structural formula of MTBE is shown.

Which compound is an isomer of MTBE?

3. Which statement is correct?
A Carboxylic acids contain the functional group

B Ethanoic acid will react and fizz when copper is added.

C Ethanol will decolourise acidified potassium manganate(VII).

D The structure of ethyl ethanoate is

4. Which statement about members of the homologous series of alcohols is correct?

A An alcohol with two carbon atoms in each molecule is called methanol.
B Butanol can be combusted to give carbon dioxide and water only.
C Ethanol is the only alcohol that can be oxidised to a carboxylic acid.
D Propanol can be made by the catalysed addition of steam to ethene.

5. Which property of a liquid ester can be used to check its purity before use as a food
flavouring?
A boiling point B colour C smell D solubility in water

6. Which alcohol will, on oxidation, produce CH3CH2CO2H?

A CH3OH C CH3CH2CH2OH
B CH3CH2OH D HOCH2CH2CH2OH

7. The diagram shows the structure of an organic acid.

Which row is correct?

8. How many of the following statements about ethanol are correct?
1 molecular formula is C2H6O
2 manufactured from ethane and steam
3 oxidises to ethanoic acid
4 produced by the fermentation of glucose
5 used as a fuel
6 used as a solvent
A3 B4 C5 D6

9. Two esters have the same molecular formula, C3H6O2.

What are the names of these two esters?
1 methyl ethanoate
2 ethyl propanoate
3 ethyl methanoate
4 propyl methanoate
A 1 and 2 B 1 and 3 C 2 and 4 D 3 and 4

10. Ethene reacts with Y to produce ethanol.

What is Y?
A hydrogen B oxygen C steam D yeast

MCQ Answer Sheet

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2 7 12 17

3 8 13 18

4 9 14 19

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SECTION B: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS

1. The alcohols form a homologous series. The first five members are given in the table below.

(a) (i) Complete the table. [2]

(ii) Complete the equation for the combustion of pentan-1-ol in excess oxygen. [2]
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(b) State three characteristics of a homologous series other than the variation of physical
properties down the series. [3]
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(c) The following alcohols are isomers.

(i) Explain why they are isomers. [2]

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(ii) Draw the structural formula of another isomer of the above alcohols. [1]
(d) Alcohols can be made by fermentation and from petroleum.
(i) Ethanol is made from sugars by fermentation.

The mass of one mole of glucose, C6H12O6, is 180 g.

Calculate the maximum mass of ethanol which could be obtained from 72 g of
glucose.

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(ii) Fermentation process can be done with the help of yeast under 37 C and
anaerobic condition. Explain the reasons why fermentation process must be done
under conditions mentioned above.
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(iii) Describe how ethanol is made from petroleum.

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2. Write down a balanced chemical equation for each of the following reaction:
(a) Propanoic acid and magnesium
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(b) Ethanoic acid and iron (iii) carbonate
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(c) Methanoic acid and zinc oxide
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(d) pentanoic acid and sodium hydroxide
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[Total: 8]

3. Draw the structure of the ester formed for each of the following reaction between
carboxylic acid and alcohol. State the name of the ester.
(a) Ethanoic acid and propan-1-ol

Name:

(b) Propanoic acid and ethanol

Name:
[Total: 6]