esters

Question 1

what reacts to make an ester?

Answer 1

alcohol and carboxylic acids

Question 2

what ester would form when ethanol and ethanoic acid react (with an acid catalyst)

Answer 2

Ethyl ethanoate

Question 3

what are characteristics of esters?

Answer 3

they are sweet smelling and oily

Question 4

what is a catalyst used to form esters?

Answer 4

sulphuric acid

Question 5

what does the first part of an esters name mean? (e.g. ethyl-)

Answer 5

number of carbon atoms in the alcohol

Question 6

what does the second part of an esters name mean? (e.g. ethanoate-)

Answer 6

length of carbon chain in carboxylic acid

Question 7

what is a practical that we need to know?

Answer 7

prepare a sample of an ester

Question 8

why cant we use a bunsen burner for the reaction creating esters?

Answer 8

ethanol is flammable

Question 9

when creating esters, what happens to them as soon as they are formed?

Answer 9

they are distilled

Question 10

when creating esters, how are the esters collected in a separate beaker

Answer 10

through condensation

Question 11

esters have ____ boiling points

Answer 11

low