Polar Protic, Polar Aprotic and Non-Polar Solvents - Page 2

Questions
  • What type of solvents are water and ethanol?
  • Ethylene glycol is represented by the formula #HOCH_2CH_2OH#. Is it likely to be soluble in water? In paint thinner?
  • How are most esters made?
  • Why would dry cleaners use nonpolar tetrachloroethylene, #C_2Cl_4# to get cheeseburger grease out of your clothes?
  • What happens when CH3CH(OH)COOH reacts with PCl5?
  • How to write the reaction equation for the reaction of I2/NaOH with carbonyl compound CH3CHO , CH3CH2CHO and CH3CH2COCH3?
  • What is the observation that will made when bromine added to potassium fluoride?
  • What happens when Copper Sulphate reacts with KI and KCl each?
  • Why don't tertiary alkyl halides undergo #"S"_N2# reactions?
  • Are #S_(N)2# reactions UNLIKELY to occur in an ethanolic solvent?
  • Given #"propionaldehyde"#, #"glycerol"#, and #"acetone"#, can you predict their order of aqueous solubility?
  • Why is phenol more soluble in water than toluene ?
  • What is the reason for the difference in reactivity observed for #"tertiary butyl bromide"#?
  • What do you mean by polar protic and polar aprotic solvents? What are some examples of these?
  • A water solution of #I_2# is shaken with an equal volume of a nonpolar solvent such as TTE (tri-chlorotrifluoroethane). What is the appearance of this system after shaking?
  • How do we represent the reaction between lead nitrate and potassium iodide by means of a stoichiometrically balanced equation?
  • How is butyl iodide made from butyl chloride?
  • How should #"tertiary butyl chloride"# be purified?
  • How does ethanol react with #PCl_5#?
  • Chromatography separates mixtures by which physical property?