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    The document discusses chemical reactions of alcohols. It states that warming an alcohol with acidified potassium dichromate will turn the solution from orange to green. Adding phosphorus chloride will produce steamy HCl fumes that turn litmus paper red. Alcohols will burn to produce carbon dioxide and water. A primary alcohol heated with acidified dichromate will form a carboxylic acid under reflux or an aldehyde under distillation, while a secondary alcohol in the same conditions will form a ketone. Sodium added to an alcohol forms sodium propoxide and fizzing.

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    The document discusses chemical reactions of alcohols. It states that warming an alcohol with acidified potassium dichromate will turn the solution from orange to green. Adding phosphorus chloride will produce steamy HCl fumes that turn litmus paper red. Alcohols will burn to produce carbon dioxide and water. A primary alcohol heated with acidified dichromate will form a carboxylic acid under reflux or an aldehyde under distillation, while a secondary alcohol in the same conditions will form a ketone. Sodium added to an alcohol forms sodium propoxide and fizzing.

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    Alcohols

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    Will Truscott
    The document discusses chemical reactions of alcohols. It states that warming an alcohol with acidified potassium dichromate will turn the solution from orange to green. Adding phosphorus chloride will produce steamy HCl fumes that turn litmus paper red. Alcohols will burn to produce carbon dioxide and water. A primary alcohol heated with acidified dichromate will form a carboxylic acid under reflux or an aldehyde under distillation, while a secondary alcohol in the same conditions will form a ketone. Sodium added to an alcohol forms sodium propoxide and fizzing.

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    if warmed with acidified potassium Dichromate (VI) the soloution will turn from orange to green. Add Phosphorus (V) chloride (PCl5) and steamy fumes of HCl will form which turn damp blue litmus paper red.

    Combustion
    Alcohols will burn in excess oxygen to form Carbon dioxide and water

    Substitution
    If phosphorus chloride is added it form steam white fumes of HCl and leave a halogenoalkane and water

    C3H7OH C3H7Cl + HCl + PCl5

    Oxidation

    Primary alcohol
    If a primary alcohol is heated under reflux with acidified potassium dichromate (VI) (concentrated sulphuric acid is used to acidified then a carboxylic acid will form. If it is heated under distillation with acidified potassium dichromate (VI) (dilute sulphuric acid) then it will form an Aldehyde.

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    Secondary alcohol
    If a secondary alcohol is heated under reflux with acidified potassium dichromate (VI) then it will form a Ketone If sodium is added to an alcohol the sodium will displace the alcohol and the ionic compound sodium propoxide will form. Fizzing will be seen and a white solid will form

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