carboxylic acids Flashcards
what is a carboxylic acid
alcohol group bonded to a carbonyl group
equation for carboxylic acids and carbonates
-2CH3COOH + Na2CO3 = 2CH3COONa + CO2 + H20
test for carboxylic acids
carbonates
-observe fizzing because of carbon dioxide produced
what happens if 2 molecules of water are next to carboxylic acids
hydrogen bonds form as oxygens have lone pairs and partial negative charges
properties of COOH
soluble in water
higher melting points because they form dimers
dimer
when two molecules hydrogen bond together
carboxylic acid with metal
forms salt and hydrogen
methanoic acid and sodium oxide reaction
form sodium methanoate and water
methanoic acid reacts with sodium carbonate to form
sodium methanoate
-water
carbon dioxide
COOH react with metal oxides and hydroxides to form
metal salts and water
COOH react with metal carbonates to form
metal salts
-water
-carbon dioxide
carboxylic acid ion
ethanoate ion eg
carboxylate ions
butanoate
propanoate
ethanoate
when to carboxylate ions form
found in salts produced when carboxylic acids react with metals
metal oxides or hydroxides
or metal carbonates
how do carboxylic acids act as acids
they lose hydrogen ions aka lose protons
-they lose hydrogen which leaves oxygen with negative charge but molecule more stable because electrons delocalized and charge spread between double bonded oxygen and oxygen from alcohol and carbon
structural formula of simple ester
HCOOCH3
ethanoic acid and ethanol products of reaction
ester and water
formation of esters
carboxylic acids+ alcohol = ester + water
what acids could we use as reagents when forming esters
HCL
-H2SO4
conditions for making esters
concentrated drops of sulfuric acid and heat reaction
naming esters
treat chain with first carbon with highest priority
-only make root name from carbons until double bond
-number of carbons plus anoate as root of name eg ethanoate
-propylethanoate
-or eg propyl 4-methylpentanoate
whats the alcohol part
the shortest part next to the ester functional group that comes first in the name