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Carboxylic Acids Flashcards

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1
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What is the functional group of carboxylic acid

A

-COOH

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First for carboxylic acids

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Methanoic acid
Ethanoic acid
propanoic acid
Butanoicbacid

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What does carboxylic acids react with carbonates to produce

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Salt water and carbon dioxide

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4
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What does salts formed from carboxylic acids ending

A

anoete
E.g methanoate
Ethanoate

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Why don’t carboxylic acid fully ionises in solutions

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Because they are weak acid

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What is the functional group for esters

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-COO-

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When Are esters formed

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From an alcohol and carboxylic acid

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How ester is formed

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Acid catalyst
Alcohol + carbon —-> ester + water

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