consumer products Flashcards
e.g. alcohols, carboxylic acids,
alcohols are a
family of compounds with a hydroxyl function group
(-OH)
alcohols general formula is
CnH2n+1OH
alcohols are used as
solvents in perfumes, a replacement for mercury in thermometers and fuels
alcohols burn with a
clean flame
as alcohol molecules increase in size,
their melting&boiling points increase due to the increasing strength of the intermolecular bonds
methanol, ethanol and propanol are
miscible with water (mixed easily with water)
carboxylic acids are a
family of compounds with the caboxyl function group
(-COOH)
carboxylic acids are used in the manufacture of
esters, soap and aspirin
as carboxylic acids molecules increase,
their melting&boiling points increase due to the increasing strength of the intermolecular bonds
methanoic acid, ethanoic acid and propanoic acid are
miscible with water
carboxylic acids react in …………… reactions with metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates to form …….
neutralisation
salts
naming salts in carboxylic acids neutralisation reactions:
methanoic acid=
…..methanoate
