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प्रश्न
Name the following:
The distinctive reaction that takes place when ethanol is treated with acetic acid.
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उत्तर
Esterification
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the following:
Acetic acid ..................
Describe one reaction of a carboxylic acid.
Consider the following organic compounds:
HCHO, C2H5OH, C2H6, CH3COOH, C2H5CI
Choose two compounds which can react in the presence of conc. H2SO4 to form an ester. Give the name and formula of the ester formed.
An organic acid X is a liquid, which often freezes during winter time in cold countries, having the molecular formula C2H4O2. On warming it with methanol in the presence of a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid, a compound Y with a sweet smell is formed.
(a) Identify X and Y. Also write their formulae showing the functional group present in them.
(b) Write a chemical equation for the reaction involved.
Write the IUPAC name of the following:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3}\\
|\\
\ce{CH3 -C -CH3}\\
|\\
\ce{CH3}
\end{array}\]
Name the product formed and give an appropriate chemical equation for the following:
Ethanol oxidised by acidified potassium dichromate.
What do you observe when acetic acid is added to ethyl alcohol in the presence of sulphuric acid?
Name the functional group present in the following compound:
C2H5CHO
A student takes Na2CO3 powder in a test tube and pours some drops of acetic acid over it. He observes:
(A) no reaction in the test tube
(B) colourless gas with pungent smell
(C) bubbles of a colourless and odourless gas
(D) white fumes with smell of vinegar
Ethanoic acid reacts with the basic salt, sodium carbonate, to form a salt, named ______, water and carbon dioxide gas.
