ETHANOL (PRELIM)

Lime Water

Calcium Hydroxide is also known as?

Yeast

Organisms Involved During Fermentation
- To metabolize the glucose and ferment it to/ turn it into alcohol.

- Oxidized to Acetyl Coenzyme A
- Oxidized to Lactate/ Lactic Acid
- Fermented/ Reduced to Ethanol

Pyruvate can follow three pathways:

Oxygen Poor

Environment for Fermentation to Occur:

Carbon Dioxide

By Product of Fermentation:

Calcium Carbonate (Chalk)

Calcium Hydroxide can react with CO2 to form?

Difference in Boiling Point

Basis of Distillation as Separation Method:

C2H6O

Molecular Formula of Ethanol

46.07 g/mol

Molecular Weight of Ethanol

Clear colorless

What is color of Ethanol?

Vinous

Odor of Ethanol

Pungent

Taste of Ethanol

78.24 °C

Boiling Point of Ethanol

0.79

Specific Gravity of Ethanol

Antiseptic
Disinfectant
Rubefacient
Anesthetic

Uses of Ethanol

Combustion Test
Lucas Test
Esterification

TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF ETHANOL:

Combustion

Any reaction involved with organic compounds with oxygen is called?

Carbon Dioxide
Water

Products of Combustion:

White Precipitate

Positive Result of Lucas Test

Esterification

Is the reaction undergone by alcohol and carboxylic acid.

Fruity Odor/ Plastic Balloon 

Positive Result of Esterification