1. Predict the structure of ethanol once it oxidizes in the human body. Draw the condensed structure.
2. A student found a bottle in the lab filled with a colorless solution. The label on the bottle was fading. The students were able to correctly identify, but knewit was aa phenol from the readable part of the label. The student decided to run a ferric chloride test. The test resulted in a greed color. What is the identity of the liquid?
3. Predict below alcohols their skeletal structure; if soluble in water; does it contain a phenol group, is it primary, secondary, or tertiary alcohol; can it be oxidized by chromate; if yes what is the oxidation product and draw the skeletal structure; will the alcohol form a colorful ccomplex with Fe3+?
- Thymol ( found in oil of thyme, antiseptic properties)
- Menthol ( found in mint, gives a cooling sensation)
- Cinnamyl aalcohol (used in perfumes ans deodorants)
- Cety alcohol (ingredient in shampoo, creams, and lotions)
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Ethanol is an organic compound and belongs to the class of aliphatic alcohols.
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