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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AMATHOLE WEST DISTRICT
2023 WORKSHEET
1. Topic.
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2. Aim.
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3. List the apparatus and chemicals.
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4. Safety precautions, procedure / method and conducting the experiment.
4.1 While doing the experiment you will find the following labels on the chemicals.
Write down the meaning of each label.
HAZARD
CHEMICAL MEANING OF LABEL
LABEL
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Ethanol
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Pentanol
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Ethanoic
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acid
(Acetic acid)
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Concentrated _____________________________________________
Sulfuric acid
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4.2 Mention two real precautions for this experiment. (Not accuracy of method, etc.)
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6. Interpretation.
Use structural formulae to write balanced equations for each of the reactions.
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6.2
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7. Conclusion.
Write a general statement regarding these reactions.
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8. Extension
Answer the following questions:
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8.3 Use condensed structural formula to write down the reaction to represent the
preparation of methyl butanoate
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8.4 What is one of the characteristic properties of esters that enable us to identify the
ester in this experiment
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8.6 Write down the general equation for the formation of an ester.
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Test
1.1 Write down the name of the item of apparatus in the above diagrams
which will distribute heat evenly.
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1.2 The learners hold a wet paper towel to close the mouth of the test tube
during the experiment. Give a reason for this procedure.
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1.3 The reaction between ethanol and butanoic acid is slow. To speed up the
reaction, the contents of the test tube is heated. Techniques 1 and 2
illustrated above are used to heat the content.
1.3.1 Which Technique 1 or 2 is the best method to heat the contents of the
test tubes?
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1.3.2 Give reason for the answer to QUESTION 1.3.1
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1.4 Using structural formula, write down a balanced equation for the
preparation of this ester.
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1.6 The learners are told that the formation of an ester is accompanied by a
pleasant smell. Which technique 3 or 4, should be used to verify the
formation of the ester
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