Calculate ΔH for the reaction between ethene and water to form ethyl alcohol from the following data: ΔcHC2H5OH(I)=−1368kJ ΔcHC2H4(g)=−1410kJ Does the calculated ΔH0 represent the enthalpy of formation of liquid ethanol?
Hence the value of ΔH for the reaction between ethene and water to form ethyl alcohol is −42KJ.
The calculated value of ΔH is not the enthalpy of formation of liquid ethanol because the reaction does not involve the formation of ethyl alcohol from its constituent elements.