CHEM 30B Dr. R. Rinehart

CHAPTER 13 ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS, ETHERS, THIOLS, DISULFIDES

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this chapter, the student will be expected to be able to:

1. Name alcohols, phenols, and ethers according to the IUPAC system.

2. DRAW the structure corresponding to a given name.

3. CLASSIFY alcohols as primary, secondary, or tertiary based on their structure.

4. EXPLAIN the role of dipoles and hydrogen bonding in determining the physical properties

of alcohols and ethers.

5. DRAW the structure of the major product of each of the following types of reactions:

[cf table on p 83]

a. oxidation of a primary alcohol.

b. oxidation of an aldehyde.

c. oxidation of a secondary alcohol.

d. intermolecular dehydration of an alcohol.

e. intramolecular dehydration of an alcohol.

f. RECALL and STATE the reaction conditions for 5e and 5f.

6. RECOGNIZE common names of important alcohols and STATE their uses. [table 3.2, p. 85]

7. RECOGNIZE common phenols and state their uses [p 87]

8. RECOGNIZE common ethers and STATE their uses.

9. DEMONSTRATE the interconversion of thiols and disulfides under appropriate conditions.

10. RECOGNIZE and SPECIFY each functional group in a polyfunctional compound.

11. EXPLAIN the toxicity of “heavy metals”

12. DEFINE oxidation and reduction in three different ways

13. RECOGNIZE, DEFINE, and APPLY the following key words and terms: