Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers — Class 12 Maharashtra HSC Chemistry revision notes
A 10-page visual revision sheet for Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, written for Class 12 Maharashtra HSC Chemistry. Formulas, diagrams and the traps that cost marks, laid out to be read the night before rather than the term before. Free, and it opens inside CapCompass.
What this Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers sheet covers
- Alcohol vs Phenol vs Ether
- Alcohol
- Phenol
- Ether
- Three Ways to Name an Alcohol
- Naming Phenols and Ethers
- Preparation of Alcohols
- from alkyl halide, hydrolysis
- acid-catalysed hydration of an alkene, Markovnikov
- hydroboration-oxidation, anti-Markovnikov
- reduction of an aldehyde/ketone with H_2/Ni or LiAlH_4
- reduction of a carboxylic acid, LiAlH_4 only (H_2/Ni is too weak)
- Grignard Addition: One Reagent, Any Class of Alcohol
- Preparation of Phenol
- Physical Properties and Hydrogen Bonding
- Laboratory Tests
- Why Phenol Beats Alcohol on Acidity
- Alcohol, weaker acid
- Phenol, stronger acid
- Esterification and Acetyl Derivatives
- Reactions That Break the C-O Bond
- Oxidising an Alcohol: What You Get Depends on the Oxidant
- Mild: PCC or Cu/573K
- Strong: KMnO4/K2Cr2O7/HNO3
- Electrophilic Substitution on Phenol
- Named Reactions of Phenol
- Preparing Ethers
- Physical Properties of Ethers
- Chemical Properties of Ethers
- Aromatic Ethers in Electrophilic Substitution
- Traps that cost marks
- Tricks that save time
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