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• Iodoform


  What compound is prepared by the action of potassium hypoiodite on ethyl alcohol?
• By the reaction between iodine and potassium hydroxide

  How is potassium hypoiodite formed?
• Potassium carbonate


  Which compound serves as a source of potassium hydroxide in the preparation of potassium hypoiodite?
• Acetaldehyde


  What is the product of the oxidation of ethyl alcohol?
• Triiodoacetaldehyde


  Which compound is formed upon further action of potassium hypoiodite on acetaldehyde?
• Iodoform and potassium formate

  What compound is produced from the hydrolysis of triiodoacetaldehyde in alkaline solution?
• CH3CO


  The compounds that undergo the "iodoform reaction" contain which grouping?
• Haloform reaction


  What is the reaction known as when applied to chloroform, bromoform, and iodoform?
• Chloroform


  Which compound does not undergo the "iodoform reaction"?
• The general structure of the compound


  What is the ability to form iodoform dependent upon?
• It is a solid at room temperature


  How is iodoform different from chloroform and bromoform?
• Potassium formate


  What compound is formed by the hydrolysis of triiodoacetaldehyde in alkaline solution?
• Potassium carbonate


  Which compound serves as a source of the potassium hydroxide needed for the formation of potassium hypoiodite?
• Ethyl alcohol


  What is the primary reactant in the preparation of iodoform?
• Ethyl alcohol


  Which compound is oxidized to produce acetaldehyde in the preparation of iodoform?
• Potassium hypoiodite


  What is the product of the reaction between potassium hydroxide and iodine?
• Iodoform


  What compound is formed by the action of potassium hypoiodite on ethyl alcohol?
• Potassium hypoiodite


  What compound is formed by the reaction between iodine and potassium hydroxide?