Lesson 3.3.5.3

3.3.5.3 Alcohols: Elimination Quiz: AQA Chemistry, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. What type of reaction forms an alkene from an alcohol?

    • Addition
    • Free-radical substitution
    • Elimination (dehydration)
    • Oxidation
  2. Which reagent acts as a catalyst in the dehydration of an alcohol to an alkene?

    • Iron catalyst
    • Concentrated sulfuric acid
    • Dilute sodium hydroxide
    • Nickel catalyst
  3. What is the product of heating cyclohexanol with an acid catalyst?

    • Cyclohexanoic acid
    • Cyclohexene
    • Cyclohexane only
    • Cyclohexanone
  4. What is the first step in the acid-catalysed elimination of water from an alcohol?

    • Deprotonation of CH
    • Protonation of OH
    • Loss of water
    • Formation of C=C
  5. In the mechanism of acid-catalysed alcohol elimination, what is the intermediate formed after water leaves?

    • A carbanion
    • A carbocation
    • A free radical only
    • An ester
  6. Which compound is formed when ethanol is dehydrated with concentrated sulfuric acid at high temperature?

    • Ethanal
    • Ethanoic acid
    • Ethene
    • Ethane
  7. What advantage do alkenes made from bio-ethanol have over alkenes from crude oil?

    • Higher purity
    • Lower boiling point
    • Renewable source
    • Higher reactivity
  8. Which alcohol is most suitable for making cyclohexene in the required practical?

    • Cyclohexane
    • Cyclohexanol
    • Cyclohexanone
    • Cyclohexanoic acid
  9. Which apparatus is used to separate cyclohexene from the aqueous layer during purification?

    • Reflux apparatus
    • Liebig condenser
    • Separating funnel
    • Büchner funnel
  10. What is the molecular formula of the alkene formed by dehydrating butan-2-ol?

    • C4H10O
    • C4H6
    • C4H8
    • C4H10
  11. What is the balanced equation for the dehydration of ethanol to ethene?

    • C2H5OH -> C2H4O + H2
    • 2C2H5OH -> C2H4 + 2H2O
    • C2H5OH -> C2H4 + H2O
    • C2H5OH -> C2H6 + O
  12. Which product is formed from the elimination of water from propan-2-ol?

    • Propanal
    • Propan-1-ol
    • Propanone
    • Propene
  13. Why is the more substituted alkene the major product in an elimination reaction?

    • Lower boiling point
    • Higher volatility
    • Greater stability
    • Lower mass
  14. Which reagent is used in the dehydration of cyclohexanol in the laboratory practical?

    • Bromine water
    • Sodium hydroxide
    • Silver nitrate
    • Concentrated phosphoric acid
  15. Why is an acid catalyst required for the dehydration of an alcohol?

    • Improves leaving group
    • Neutralises product
    • Lowers reaction temperature
    • Increases boiling point
  16. Which species is removed as a by-product when an alcohol is dehydrated?

    • Carbon dioxide
    • Sodium chloride
    • Water
    • Hydrogen gas
  17. Which feature of alkenes allows them to form addition polymers?

    • Carbon-carbon double bond
    • High volatility
    • Carbonyl group
    • Hydroxyl group
  18. What is the role of the acid catalyst in the elimination reaction of an alcohol?

    • Reduces carbon skeleton
    • Protonates hydroxyl group
    • Acts as nucleophile
    • Oxidises hydroxyl group
  19. Which reaction type is the reverse of the acid-catalysed dehydration of an alcohol?

    • Hydration of alkene
    • Hydrogenation of alkene
    • Halogenation of alkane
    • Hydrolysis of haloalkane
  20. Which alcohol produces only one alkene product upon acid-catalysed dehydration?

    • Pentan-3-ol
    • Butan-2-ol
    • Pentan-2-ol
    • Ethanol

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