Acidity of ethanol

Inductive effects (Section 16.4) are also important in determining alcohol acidities. Electron-withdrawing halogen substituents, for example, stabilize an alkoxide ion by spreading out the charge over a larger volume, thus making the alcohol more acidic. Compare, for example, the acidities of ethanol (p/tcrt-butyl alcohol (p/

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HCl is a strong acid and, when dissolved in ethanol, transfers a proton to ethanol to give ethylox-onium ion. Thus, we can represent the acid catalyst as the conjugate acid of ethanol. 

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To understand the relative acidity of ethanol, phenol, and aeetie aeid, we must eompare the stability of their conjugate bases and use the following rule ... 

We see an example of the inductive effect in alcohols in the fact that an electronegative substituent adjacent to the carbon bearing the —OH group increases the acidity of the alcohol. Compare, for example, the acidities of ethanol and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. The acid dissociation constant for 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol is larger than that of ethanol by more than three orders of magnitude, which means that the 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxide ion is considerably more stable than the ethoxide ion. 

Solvation effects. To explore the effect of alkyl branching, compare the acidity of ethanol and r rt-butanol. 

Ethanol was also converted into DEC using the same catalyst, but with a lower conversion yield which can be explained in terms of the lower acidity of ethanol (p Ta= 15.9) with respect to methanol (p a= 15.5). Ballivet and coworkers have carried out smdies [22, 23, 29-31] on the structural characterization of tin compounds, in solution and in the solid-state after the first cycle of reaction, and have defined the stmcmre of the species formed from (CH3)2Sn(OCH3)2 1, n-Bu2Sn (0CH3)2 2, and /i-Bu2Sn[(X7H(CH3)2]2 3 used as putative catalysts. Other authors have used the same systems with different alkyl groups (see below). The compounds isolated by Ballivet et al. from the reaction mixmre are described as resting species in the catalytic cycle (Structure 6.2). 

Alcohol (ethanol) consumption, particularly when excessive, may lead to the burning sensation in the chest that is called heartburn. This condition is not due to the acidity of ethanol, but rather to increased production of stomach acid. It is exacerbated by the relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter, a valve that normally prevents stomach contents from moving up into the esophagus ( acid reflux ). 

Manufactured by the liquid-phase oxidation of ethanal at 60 C by oxygen or air under pressure in the presence of manganese(ii) ethanoate, the latter preventing the formation of perelhanoic acid. Another important route is the liquid-phase oxidation of butane by air at 50 atm. and 150-250 C in the presence of a metal ethanoate. Some ethanoic acid is produced by the catalytic oxidation of ethanol. Fermentation processes are used only for the production of vinegar. 

To prepare acetic acid, aqueous ethanol is added gradually to a hot mixture of aqueous sodium dichromate and sulphuric acid. The oxidising mixture is now always in excess, and therefore the oxidation proceeds as far as possible moreover, the reaction is carried out under reflux, so that any acetaldehyde which volatilises is returned to the oxidising mixture. Hence the final product contains only a small amount of acetaldehyde. 

Three compounds may be formed by the interaction of ethanol and sulphuric acid, according to the experimental conditions ... 

If the mixture contains an excess of ethanol, and is heated to 140°, the ethyl hydrogen sulphate reacts with the ethanol, giving diethyl ether And regenerating the sulphuric acid ... 

To prepare the potassium salt, the mixture of ethanol and sulphuric acid is boiled under reflux, cooled, and treated with an excess of calcium carbonate. 

The mixture of ethanol and concentrated sulphuric acid required in this and several subsequent preparations should always be prepared by adding the heavy acid to the ethanol. If the ethanol is added to the acid, it will tend to float on the surface of the acid, and the heat generated at the interface may blow the upper liquid out of the flask... 

CH3COOH + HOC2H5 - CH3GOOC2H3 + H2O If, however, concentrated sulphuric acid is present, the water is absorbed, the back reaction prevented, and a high yield of ethyl acetate is obtained. In practice the reaction is not so simple. It was formerly supposed that, since the sulphuric acid is usually added to the alcohol, ethyl hydrogen sulphate and water are formed, the latter being absorbed by the excess of sulphuric acid, A mixture of ethanol and acetic acid is then added to the ethyl hydrogen sulphate,... 

Use the apparatus shown in Fig. 38, p. 63, using a thermometer reading to 100° and with water running through the vertical condenser. Place in the 25 ml. pear-shaped flask 5 ml. of ethanol, 5 ml. of glacial acetic acid and add carefully with shying i ml. of concentrated sulphuric acid. Attach the flask to the reflux condenser and boil the mixture gently for 10 minutes. 

Place 20 g. of benzoic acid and 20 ml. (16 g.) of ethanol in A, connect up the apparatus, and then heat the flask on a sand-bath so that the solution in the flask boils gently. At the same time, pass a brisk current of hydrogen chloride into the reaction... 

Hydrolysis of />-Tolunitrile. As in the case of benzonitrile, alkaline h> drolysis is preferable to hydrolysis by 70% sulphuric acid. Boil a mixture of 5 g. of p-tolunitrile, 75 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 15 ml. of ethanol under a reflux water-condenser. The ethanol is added partly to increase the speed of the hydrolysis, but in particular to prevent the nitrile (which volatilises in the steam) from actually crystallising in the condenser. The solution becomes clear after about i hour s heating, but the boiling should be continued for a total period of 1-5 hours to ensure complete hydrolysis. Then precipitate and isolate the p-toluic acid, CH3CgH4COOH, in precisely the same way as the benzoic acid in the above hydrolysis of benzonitrile. Yield 5 5 g. (almost theoretical). The p-toluic acid has m.p. 178°, and may be recrystallised from a mixture of equal volumes of water and rectified spirit. 

Finally, add an excess of concentrated hydrochloric acid slowly with stirring to the alkaline filtrate remaining from the original reaction product. As the solution becomes acid, the sulphonyl-aniline separates as a thick sticky syrup which, when stirred, rapidly crystallises. Cool the mixture in ice-water if necessary, and then filter off the solid product at the pump, wash well with water, and drain. Recrystallise from a mixture of 2 volumes of ethanol and i volume of water to prevent the sulphonyl-aniline from separating as an emulsion, allow the hot solution to cool spontaneously (with occasional stirring) until crystallisation starts, and... 

Toluene-/ sulplionamide is almost insolubb in cold water, but dissolves readily in sodium hydroxide solution (as the sodium derivative) aid is immediately reprecipitated on the addition of strong acids. To show the formation of the sodium derivative, dissolve about o-2 g. of metallic sodium in about 10 ml, of ethanol, cool the solution, and then add it to a solution of 1 g. of the sulphonamide in 20 ml. of cold edianol. On shaking the mixture, fine white crystals of the sodium derivative, CH,C,HjSO,NHNa, rapidly separate, and may be obtained pure by filtering at the pump, and washing firet with a few ml. of ethanol, and then with ether. 

Dinitrophenylhydra2ones usually separate in well-formed crystals. These can be filtered at the pump, washed with a diluted sample of the acid in the reagent used, then with water, and then (when the solubility allows) with a small quantity of ethanol the dried specimen is then usually pure. It should, however, be recrystallised from a suitable solvent, a process which can usually be carried out with the dinitrophenylhydrazones of the simpler aldehydes and ketones. Many other hydrazones have a very low solubility in most solvents, and a recrystallisation which involves prolonged boiling with a large volume of solvent may be accompanied by partial decomposition, and with the ultimate deposition of a sample less pure than the above washed, dried and unrecrystal-lised sample. 

The crude product is evaporated to dryness and then heated with a mixture of ethanol and sulphuric acid the cyano group is thus hydrolysed giving malonic acid, which then undergoes esterification to give diethyl malonate. 

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