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प्रश्न
What do you notice when acetic acid reacts with alcohol?
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उत्तर
Acetic acid reacts with alcohols, forming esters in the presence of conc. H2SO4.
\[\ce{\underset{Acetic acid}{CH3COOH} + C2H5OH ->[H2SO4] \underset{Ethyl acetate}{CH3COOC2H5} + H2O}\]
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संबंधित प्रश्न
When you add about 2 ml of acetic acid to a test tube containing an equal amount of distilled water and leave the test tube to settle after shaking its contents, what will you observe in the test tube after about 5 minutes?
(A) A white precipitate settling at its bottom
(B) A clear colourless solution
(C) A layer of water over the layer of acetic acid
(D) A layer of acetic acid over the layer of water
In order to study saponification reaction, we first prepare 20% solution of sodium hydroxide. If we record the temperature of this solution just after adding sodium hydroxide flakes to water and also test its nature using litmus, it may be concluded that the process of making this solution is
(A) exothermic and the solution is alkaline
(B) endothermic and the solution is alkaline
(C) endothermic and the solution is acidic
(D) exothermic and the solution is acidic
Fill in the blanks from the choices given within brackets:
The basicity of acetic acid is-------- (3, 1, 4).
What is the common name of ethanoic acid?
The structural formula of an ester is :

Write the formula of the acid and the alcohol from which it is formed.
What do you observe when acetic acid is added to a neutral FeCl3 solution?
Why is pure acetic acid also known as glacial acetic acid?
Draw the structural formula for the following:
Ethanoic acid
Draw the structural diagram of:
Ethanoic acid
Write the chemical equation for the following:
Saponification Reaction
