LAB#8 Flashcards
It ocurs widely in nature and often combined with alcohols or other functional groups
Carboxylic acids
These are components of many foods medicines and household products
Carboxylic acids
Carboxylic acids are best known by their
Common names
Carboxylic acid are best known by their common names based on____&____words that describe their____
Latin and Greek
Source
H C O O H
Formic acid
What is the melting point boiling point in solubility of formic acid
Eight, 100, miscible
CH3COOH
Acetic acid
CH3CH2COOH
Propionic acid
CH3 CH22COOH
Butyric acid
CH3 CH23COOH
Valeric acid
CH3 CH23COOH
Valeric acid
CH3CH24COOH
Caproic acid
C6H5COOH
Benzoic acid
Which compound has the higher boiling point between butanoic acid with a molar mass of 88 and 2-pentanone with a molar mass of 86 explain
Butanoic acid since it is carboxylic it has a high boiling point
Other term for butyric acid
Butanoic acid