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Aim: To observe the typical alcohol reactions of ethanol.

Materials:
Test tube Beaker Stirring rod
Potassium Dichromate Ethanol Sodium bicarbonate
Potassium Manganate Ethanoic Acid Measuring Cylinder
Tripod stand Teat Pipette

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Procedure Chemical Reaction Observation Inference Name and structure of
product
1. Add 2cm3 of
Potassium
Dichromate to
1cm3 of ethanol
in a test tube.
Then add 2cm3
of dilute H2SO4
to the test tube.
Place test tube in
a warm water
bath and allow
the reaction to
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minutes.
2. Repeat
procedure 1
using Potassium
Manganate

3. Add 2cm3 of
Ethanol and
1cm3 of Glacial
Ethanoic acid to
a test tube. Then
add 3 drops of
concentrated
Sulphuric Acid
to the test tube
carefully then
gently warm for
a few minutes in
a water bath.
Pour the product
carefully into a
beaker
containing
sodium
carbonate
solution and not
the smell.
 4. Add 1 cm3 of
ethanol to
concentrated
Sulphuric Acid
and bubble the
gas evolved into
an acidified
solution of
potassium
manganate.

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