The detection of carbon by oxidation

Article no. P7170200 | Type: Experiments

grades 7-10
10 Minutes
10 Minutes
easy
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Student set Organic chemistry for 36 experiments, TESS advanced Chemistry CH-4

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Unknown Principle

The oxidation of non-decomposable organic substances and the detection of the carbon as carbon dioxide was carried out long ago by Justus von Liebig. When urea is heated above its melting point, biuret is formed:
2 CO(NH2)2 → H2N-CO-NH-CO-NH2 + NH3

Learning objectives

  • Carbon cannot always be detected directly in organic substances.
  • ln such cases, it can be oxidized to carbon dioxide with copper(ll) oxide, carbon dioxide can then be detected with limewater.

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