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Edexcel IAL Chemistry AS 10.16 Primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols

Edexcel IAL Chemistry AS 10.16 Primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols
Pearson Edexcel IAL Chemistry syllabusChemistry YCH11First assessment 2019

Locate the carbon bearing OH and count its direct carbon neighbours; use no dichromate colour change only as supporting evidence for a tertiary alcohol.

How this is tested

  • Define primary, secondary or tertiary from carbon neighbours of the OH-bearing carbon.
  • Select, name or draw alcohol isomers matching a specified structural class.
  • Use resistance to acidified dichromate oxidation to identify a tertiary alcohol.