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Identification of an Organic Unknown.
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Identification of an Organic Unknown. In this investigation I will be supplied with an unknown compound containing one of the following functional groups: * Alkene * Primary alcohol * Tertiary alcohol * Aldehyde * Ketone * Carboxylic acid * Ester * Phenol Wet tests are chemical tests and are useful because they are qualitative and mainly based on observations. Dry tests are more quantitative and go into more detail because determine exact molecular structure. I will be carrying out wet test instead of dry tests because it is more economical as using chemicals is cheaper then using machines and all we need to determine is the functional group. By using a number of chemical tests I will need to identify the functional group present. Each test used to identify the functional group is dependant on the previous result. I will use a flowchart to demonstrate the paths. Alkenes are hydrocarbon chains which contain carbon-carbon double bonds, C=C. These consist of a...
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