How does the position of a hydroxyl group in an alcohol effect the enthalpy of combustion?
With this research question, you should use alcohols of 3 or more carbons. (For example propanol, butanol,
and pentanol). Then look up heats of combustion for the alcoholic isomers of each. I.e. look up heat of
combustion for propan-1-ol and propan-2-ol. look up heat of combustion for butan-1-ol and butan-2-ol, look up
heat of combustion for pentan-1-ol, pentan-2-ol, and pentan-3-ol. Then compare to see if the position of the OH
makes a difference. YOU can't compare the chain lengths. That is an IB exemplar IA and will be marked down.
Here are some possible sources:
http://www2.ucdsb.on.ca/tiss/stretton/database/organic_thermo.htm
https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/jres/2/jresv2n2p359_A2b.pdf
https://web.mit.edu/8.13/8.13c/references-fall/aip/aip-handbook-section4l.pdf
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