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PurpleSlimer
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Oxidation of an Alcohol
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May 17, 2020, 06:16:10 PM »
I have this school problem that I have trouble solving:
An alcohol is completley oxidized and 132u of CO
2
and 72u of H
2
O are created.
What is the alcohol?
I figured out that 132u = 11CO
2
and 72u = 4H
2
O
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hypervalent_iodine
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Re: Oxidation of an Alcohol
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May 17, 2020, 08:28:41 PM »
Can you write out a reaction showing the combustion of the alcohol?
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Enthalpy
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Re: Oxidation of an Alcohol
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May 18, 2020, 04:53:42 AM »
Not 11 CO
2
.
The answer can't be too accurate: this procedure doesn't distinguish isomers.
The question probably supposes a mono-alcohol, but more alcohol functions wouldn't change the composition of the products.
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