[aznspiker516]

i need help...what kind of tests could you perform to distinguish between butane and 1-butene? and for CH3CH2NH2 and CH3OCH3

[Albert]

butane and 1-butene

What would result when an oxidizing agent is added?

CH3CH2NH2 and CH3OCH3

What reactions can an ether undergo, in your opinion? What do you think an aldehyde and an amine will produce?

[aznspiker516]

What would result when an oxidizing agent is added?

What do you mean by an oxidizing agent? Is it when oxygen is added to the compound? If so isn't it a combustion reaction if u add oxygen to CH3CH2CH2CH3?   

[Albert]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidation

[aznspiker516]

thanks for that link albert. Now that i've understood it a bit more i found out that alkanes oxidize with carbon dioxide and tetracholoromethane and alkenes oxidize with carboxylic acids, amides, and chloroform. i am not sure what would result though when the alkane and alkene are oxidized  . I am sorry for being so clueless   

EDIT: Nevermind about my question. I just realized an easy way to distinguish between butane and 1-butene, which is by determining the boiling point  ...but i can't seem to find the boiling point for 1-butene  and just to make sure... CH2=CHCH2CH3 is 1-butene right?

[Albert]

i can't seem to find the boiling point for 1-butene  and just to make sure... CH2=CHCH2CH3 is 1-butene right?

http://www.physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/BU/1-butene.html

After 10 sec. of Google search...

Yes, that is 1-butene.

hanks for that link albert. Now that i've understood it a bit more i found out that alkanes oxidize with carbon dioxide and tetracholoromethane and alkenes oxidize with carboxylic acids, amides, and chloroform. i am not sure what would result though when the alkane and alkene are oxidized

What about potassium permanganate?

[aznspiker516]

After 10 sec. of Google search...

What did you put in the search query?  i put "1-butene boiling point" but i didn't find anything 

Thanks for the suggestion of potassium permanganate 

Now onto the next question...

CH3CH2NH2 is nitroethane right? and CH3OCH3 is dimethyl ether? for dimethyl ether i think a hydrolysis reaction will be sufficient to distinguish it but what about nitroethane?

EDIT: Oh nevermind i just realized that it's an amine    how would you correctly name it? aminoethane? or ethylamine?

[Albert]

Nitroethane: CH₃CH₂NO₂

Ethanoamine = Aminoethane: CH₃CH₂NH₂

Think about the amine. Think about a reaction with a product which is easier to be seen (and whose concetration is simpler to be determined).

[aznspiker516]

Thanks for all your help albert  in my text book it stated that amines have distinguishable smells so i used that as a way to distinguish the two 

[Albert]

Or, you can use an aldehyde to yield an imine.