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Alcohols & Ethers

Alcohol synthesis and reactions, oxidation, Williamson ether synthesis, and epoxide ring-opening

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🍷 Alcohols & Ethers

Study alcohol synthesis (Grignard, hydration, reduction), reactions (dehydration, oxidation, conversion to halides), Williamson ether synthesis, and epoxide ring-opening reactions.

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📝 Worked Example: Stoichiometry — Limiting Reagent

Problem:

22 mol of H2H_2 reacts with 11 mol of O2O_2. How many grams of water are produced? Which is the limiting reagent? (2H2+O2→2H2O2H_2 + O_2 \to 2H_2O)

2Determine the limiting reagent
3Calculate moles of product
4Convert moles to grams

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