The Student Room Group

This discussion is now closed.

Check out other Related discussions

some kind of regent to test for free radicals???

if a OH- attacks a c-cl bond which turns into a c-o-H bond and cl- is the leaving group does anyone know a test to test for the pressence of this?
Reply 1
Avatar for Excalibur
Excalibur
15
:s-smilie: Well, I guess you could do the silver nitrate test to test for the chloride ion....
Reply 2
Avatar for sufiankane
sufiankane
2
Nyrus
if a OH- attacks a c-cl bond which turns into a c-o-H bond and cl- is the leaving group does anyone know a test to test for the pressence of this?


Cl- isnt a free radical, just in case you wanted to know.
Reply 3
Avatar for voleman
voleman
It has been said that solutions containing free radicals look a light blue colour.
Doesn't help if there's something dark green or whatever in your test tube tho. :s-smilie:
I agree that the AgNO3 test for Cl- is your best bet.
Read the replies before posting for goodness sake...

As Sufialkane says "Cl- is NOT A FREE RADICAL"

Free radicals carry no charge.
Reply 5
Avatar for voleman
voleman
Sorry, I wasn't clear in my answer :redface: . I didn't mean to disagree with sufiankane - I was merely trying to answer both the thread title and the post and ended up giving a confusing answer. Thanks for pointing it out charco. :smile:
Reply 6
Avatar for sparklet
sparklet
2
if cl is the leaving group, wouldn't it leave as misty fumes of HCL. Use pcl5 to test for the OH group, and test with litmus paper for the misty fumes of HCL.
Reply 7
Avatar for voleman
voleman
You'd end up with Cl-(aq) during the reaction. You'd need to get an H+ from somewhere to end up with HCl.

Related discussions

Latest

Trending

Trending

Articles for you