Answer to Question #112338 in Organic Chemistry for Amir

Question

Search through items in their house and select two different products in your everyday life bin(such as household chemicals and cleaning compounds, packaged food, contact lens solutions, medication, etc.) and select one chemical from each of those two products that contain two different functional groups.
a) Take a picture of BOTH of the products and BOTH sets of ingredients (I need to see the chemicals listed for each)
b) Draw the chemical structures and name the two different chemicals using the proper IUPAC chemical name. (hand drawn or with Chemsketch/Chemdraw)
c) Circle two different functional groups present in each of the products, they should be different for both chemicals. You should have a total of four different functional groups for both the products. (hand drawn or with Chemsketch/Chemdraw)
d) Select ONE of your two chemicals and briefly identify any social and environmental positive (benefit) and negative (risk) impacts of that compound.

Answer 1

It would be better if you gave yourself examples of household chemicals. Take the lens solution as an example:

Find in the list of EDTA ingredients - a common chemical in household chemicals, you can find it in your home chemicals. EDTA has the following formula (selected carboxyl (in red circle) and amino group (in green circle):

The following is an example of a cooker cleaning cream:

Find in the list of ingredients a compound called linalool. You can find it in many types of cosmetics. It has the following formula (selected hydroxyl (in red circle) and double bond C=C (in green circle):

Positive impacts of linalool. From linalool get linalyl acetate (ester of linalool and acetic acid with the smell of lily of the valley). Linalool and its ether are used to make perfume compositions, fragrances for soaps and cosmetics. It is also used as a chemical intermediate. One common downstream product of linalool is vitamin E.

Negative impacts of linalool. Linalool can be absorbed by inhalation of its aerosol and by oral intake or skin absorption, potentially causing irritation, pain and allergic reactions. Some 7% of people undergoing patch testing in Europe were found to be allergic to the oxidized form of linalool.