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Consumer Chemicals Organic Compounds use consumer products each day without giving much thought to the chemicals that make these products useful. The purpose of this activity is to increase your awareness of the specific compounds that are present in various consumer products Listed below you will find clues for organic chemical compounds that are found in everyday consumer products. Look at labels on consumer products found in your kitchen and bathroom. You may also find it helpful to use your textbook, and other references, to determine the identity of each chemical. Then write the chemical name and formula of each compound in the table below Consumer Product Chemical Hint Chemical Name Formula Cola soft drinks-Coke triprotic inorganic acid Pepsi Vinegar (-5% solution) Non-cola soft drinks organic acid, same empirical formula as glucose triprotic organic acid Sprite, Canada Dry Ginger Ale compound that gives acetone when it is oxidized with acidic sodium or potassium dichromate a type of alcohol Rubbing alcohol Radiator antifreeze Sweetener, also found in apples, honey, corn molar mass -30 g/mol, same empirical formula as formaldehyde

Explanation / Answer

1.Phosphoric acid (triprotic Inorganic Acid) in soft drinks formula : H3PO4.

2. Acetic Acid in vinegar, mol wt = 60, formula : CH3COOH.

3.Citric Acid (triprotic organic Acid) in sprite, Mol formula : C6H8O7.

4. Isopropyl alcohol (rubbing Alcohol) gives Acetone when it is oxidized with Acidic Sodium or pottasium dichromate, Formula: (CH3)2CHOH

5. Ethylene glycol is a radiator antifreeze, Formula : (CHOH)

6.CH2O is the empirical formula of the simple sugars, found as sweetner in honey etc.

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