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10.4 Alcohols and carboxylic acids

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Question 14
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What happens to the carbon chain length when a primary alcohol is oxidised to its corresponding carboxylic acid?

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A

It increases by one carbon

B

It stays the same

C

It decreases by one carbon

D

It stays the same, but a C=C bond forms

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10.4 Alcohols and carboxylic acids Questions

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43 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 10.4 Alcohols and carboxylic acids, covering 10.4.1 Alcohols and the -OH functional group, 10.4.2 Carboxylic acids and the -COOH functional group, 10.4.3 Oxidation of alcohols and homologous series, and 10.4.4 Fermentation and fractional distillation of ethanol. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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