Chemistry - organic chem

Test for an Alkene

Orange Bromine Water

Instant decolourisation

Orange → Colourless

Test for an Alcohol

Orange Acidified Potassium Dichromate

Orange → Green

Test for a Carboxylic Acid

Add Sodium Carbonate Solution

A gas is evolved that turns a limewater cloudy

Test for an Ester

Esters are sweet smelling compounds

General formula for an Alkene

C₂H_2n

General formula for an Alkane

C₂H_2n+2

Propan - 2 - ol

2,2 - dimethylpropane

What is isomerism?

Compounds with the same molecular formula, but have a different structural formula