4.10 Exercise 1 - Analysis and Synthesis

4.10 EXERCISE 1 – synthesis and analysis 1.

Devise a simple chemical test for distinguishing between the following pairs of compounds: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h)

2.

cyclohexane and cyclohexene 1-chlorobutane and 1-bromobutane propanal and propanone butanoic acid and ethyl ethanoate ethanoyl chloride and ethanoic anhydride propan-2-ol and 2-methylpropan-2-ol propan-1-ol and propan-2-ol 2-methylpropan-2-ol and ethoxyethane

Suggest how the following syntheses could be carried out: a) b) c) d) e)

chloroethane to ethanoic acid chloroethane to 2-hydroxypropanenitrile chloroethane to aminoethane chloroethane to 1-aminopropane chloroethane to ethyl ethanoate