Describe the manufacture of ethanol by: (a) fermentation of aqueous glucose at 25–35°C in the presence of yeast and in the absence of oxygen (b) catalytic addition of steam to ethene at 300°C and 6000 kPa/60 atm in the presence of an acid catalyst including a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods
Calculate percentage yield, percentage composition by mass and percentage purity, given appropriate data
Describe the properties of alkenes in terms of addition reactions with: (a) bromine or aqueous bromine (b) hydrogen in the presence of a nickel catalyst (c) steam in the presence of an acid catalyst and draw the structural or displayed formulae of the products