Bromination of Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Dehydration of Sugar by Sulfuric Acid
Organic Synthesis With Familiar Materials
Oxidation of Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Alcohols
Underwater Fireworks: Chlorination of Acetylene
Differences in Miscibility of Organic Alcohols With Increasing Chain Length
Combustion of Cellulose Nitrate (Guncotton)
Different Smells of Carvone Isomers
Distinguishing Between HD and LD Polyethylene
Enviro-bond: Cleaning Oil Spills
Esterification Using a Dean-Stark Trap
IR Demonstration I – Atomic Coupling
IR Demonstration II – Molecular Vibrations
IR Demonstration III – Molecular Vibrations
Making a Rubber Ball from Latex
Reaction Intermediates in Organic Chemistry
Reducing Sugars and Fehling’s Solution
Rod Climbing by a Polymer Solution
Superabsorbent Polyacrylate Gel
Aniline Hydrochloride-Formaldehyde Polymer
Relative Reactivity of Reducing Agents
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reaction/EAS Reaction
Reactivity of Alkanes vs Aromatic Compounds
Optical Activity of Racemic Mixtures With Limonene
Relationship of Absorbed Light to Observed Color
Density and Miscibility of Liquids
Extraction of Copper Ions from Solution with Orform®
Gel Formation with Sodium Alginate and Calcium Chloride
Hydrolysis of T-Butyl Chloride: A Lab and Lecture Experiment
Reducing Sugars and Fehling’s Solution
Description: Simple sugars like glucose and fructose reduce Fehling’s solution when heated, giving a red precipitate from the initial solution; sucrose does not.
Source: UW Card Catalog
Year: 1998 Vol: N/A Page: N/A
Keywords: Fehling’s Solution, Glucose, Fructose, Sucrose, Precipitation, Redox, Copper oxide
Rating: 
Hazard: Medium
- Acute toxicity hazard
- Aquatic toxicity hazard
- Skin corrosion hazard
- Burn hazard
- Electric shock hazard
- Corrosive to metals
- Serious eye damage
Effectiveness: Average
- Good connection from demo to course material
- Results are observable without guidance
- Time to results is high
- Moderate reliability
Difficulty: Medium
- Procedures with intermediate steps to results
- Some timed manipulations
- Reactions or demos at non-standard conditions
- Use of toxic reagents
Safety Precautions:
- Eye protection required
- Gloves required
- Thermal gloves recommended
- Use of UL approved three-prong outlet
- Absorbent materials on hand
- Perform on chemically resistant surface
- Perform in a well-ventilated area
- Sodium bicarbonate on hand
- Prevent release of reagents to the environment
Class: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry
Division: General, Organic Chemistry
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