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Carboxylic Acids + Derivatives Flashcards

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What are Carboxylic Acids?

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Compounds with the Carboxyl (-COOH) functional group which has a carboxyl group (C=O) and a Hydroxyl Group (O-H)

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How do you name Carboxylic Acids?

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Find the longest carbon chain then adding ‘-oic acid’ on the end. Carboxyl group is always Carbon 1. The carboxyl group will always be at the end

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Carboxylic Acids are weak acids. What does this mean?

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They dissociate partially to form a H+ ion and a carboxylate ion and equilibrium lies to the left as it dissociates poorly

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When they react with Carbonates (CO3 2-), What is formed?

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Salt, Carbon Dioxide and water

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Write the equation when ethanoic acid reacts with sodium carbonate?

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2CH3COOH (Aq) + Na2CO3(s) –> 2CH3COONa + H2O + CO2

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Write the equation when ethanoic acid reacts with sodium hydrogen carbonate?

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CH3COOH + NaHCO3 –> CH3COONa + H2O + CO2

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What are the 2 ways esters can be formed?

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  • Reacting alcohols with carboxylic acids w/ sulphuric acid catalyst
  • Reacting alcohols with acid anhydrides
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How are esters named?

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Named in 2 sections, first bit is from the alcohol (alkyl) and the second bit is from the carboxylic acid (oate)

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Give some uses of Esters?

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  • Perfumes + food flavourings
  • Solvents
  • Plasticisers
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Why are Esters good solvents?

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Esters are polar molecules so other polar compounds will dissolve readily in esters. Also have low boiling points and evaporate easily. This makes them valuable in making glues

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Why are Esters used as plasticisers?

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Used to make plastics more flexible during polymerisation. They can leach out of the plastic over time and the plastic becomes brittle

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Why are Esters used as perfumes + food flavourings?

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Some esters have sweet smells such as pear drops.

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Explain the process of Ester Hydrolysis

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Esters can be hydrolysed (splitting using water) however it can be sped up using acid (acid hydrolysis) and a base hydrolysis

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Explain the process of Acid Hydrolysis

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Use dilute acid to split ester into a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. We can use sulphuric or hydrochloric acid and is conducted under reflux

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What happens to equilibrium if more water is added?

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Shifts right and more product is produced

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Explain the process of Base Hydrolysis

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Use dilute base to split ester into a carboxylate ion and an alcohol. We can use sodium hydroxide and is conducted under reflux.

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What happends when u react glycerol (alcohol) and fatty acids (carboxylic acid)?

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It produces an ester which makes fats and oil

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What is an oil?

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An ester

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Why do Vegetable oils have lower melting points and are liquid at room temperature?

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They have unsaturated hydrocarbon chains that aren’t straight which means the chains cant pack together closely and hence they have lower van der waals forces

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What type of molecule is fat?

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An ester

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Why do Animal Fats have higher melting points and are solids at room temperature?

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They have saturated hydrocarbon chains that are straight and more uniform than oils which means the chains can pack together closer hence have much higher van der waal forces

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How do you make soap?

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Hydrolyse animal fats or vegetable oils by heating with sodium hydroxide.

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How do you make bio diesels?

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Vegetable oils can be converted into biodiesel by reactin oils with methanol and a potassium hydroxide as a catalyst

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What is Biodiesel?

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Mixture of fatty acids made from methyl esters and can be made from rapeseed oil

25
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What are Acyl Chlorides?

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Acid chlorides have the functional group (-COCl) which contains the acyl group (COCl)

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How are Acyl Chlorides named?

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Finding longest carbon chain and adding ‘-oyl chloride’ at the end. Carbon on th acyl group is always carbon 1 and the acyl group will always be at the end of the molecule

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What do acyl chlorides react with and what happens?

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Water, Ammonia, Alcohol, primary amines. In each reaction the Cl is substituted for either an oxygen or nitrogen

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What are Acid Anhydrides?

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A molecule made from 2 carboxylic acids that are the same

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How are Acid Anydrides name?

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They are named by knowing the carboxylic acid it is made from and removing the acid and anhydride on the end.

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What do Acid Anhydrides react with and what happens?

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It reacts with water, ammonia, alcohol and primary amines. Very similar to acyl chlorides except they are less vigourous.

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What type of reacts do acid chlorides undergo?

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Nucleophilic Addition – Elimination

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Why do Acid chlorides undergo nucleophilic addition-elimination?

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Acid chlorides have a strong δ+ on the carbon which is susceptible to attack from nucleophiles. They have a strong δ+ as the oxygen and chlorine atoms are electronegative and draw electrons towards themselves

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What is Aspirin?

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An ester made by reactin ethanoic anhydride or ethanoyl chloride and salicylic acid

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Why is ethanoic anhydride used instead of ethanoyl chloride in industry?

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  • Safer as its less corrosive
  • Safer as it dsoesnt produce harmful HCl gas
  • Safer as it doesn’t react vigorously with water
  • Cheaper
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What are Amides?

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Derivatives of carboxylic acids and have the functional group of –CONH2

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What is formed when ethanoyl chloride reacts with water?

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Ethanoic acid + HCl

Vigorous reaction and white misty fumes of hydrogen chloride gas produced

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What is formed when ethanoyl chloride reacts with ammonia

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Ethanamide + HCl

Vigorous reaction and white misty fumes of hydrogen chloride gas produced

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What is formed when ethanoyl chloride reacts with Methanol

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Methyl ethanoate + HCl

Vigorous reaction and white misty fumes of hydrogen chloride gas produced

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What is formed when ethanoyl chloride reacts with Methyl amine?

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N - Methyl ethanamide + HCl

Vigorous reaction and white misty fumes of hydrogen chloride gas produced

40
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What is formed when ethanoic anhydride reacts with water

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2 ethanoic acids

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What is formed when ethanoic anhydride reacts with ammonia

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Ethanamide and ethanoic acid

42
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What is formed when ethanoic anhydride reacts with methanol

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Methyl ethanoate + ethanoic acid

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What is formed when ethanoic anhydride reacts with methylamine

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N - methyl ethanamide + ethanoic acid

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