d) Give one chemical test to distinguish between tert. butyl alcohol and n-butyl
alcohol.
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Answer:
Explanation:
As a tertiary alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol is more resistant to oxidation than the other isomers of butanol.
tert-Butyl alcohol is deprotonated with a strong base to give the alkoxide. Particular common is potassium tert-butoxide, which is prepared by treating tert-butanol with potassium metal.[8]
K + t-BuOH → t-BuO−K+ +
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H2
The tert-butoxide is a strong, non-nucleophilic base in organic chemistry. It readily abstracts acidic protons from substrates, but its steric bulk inhibits the group from participating in nucleophilic substitution, such as in a Williamson ether synthesis or an SN2 reaction.
tert-Butyl alcohol reacts with hydrogen chloride to form tert-butyl chloride.
O-Chlorination of tert-butyl alcohol with hypochlorous acid to give tert-butyl hypochlorite:[9]
(CH3)3COH + HOCl → (CH3)3COCl + H2O