Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What type of compound is formed by the reaction between acetic acid and an alcohol?
Advertisements
उत्तर
Ethanol and Acetic acid react to form Ethyl acetate and water according to the equation:
C2H5OH + CH3COOH → CH3COOC2H5 + H2O
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
For preparing soap in the laboratory we require an oil and a base. Which of the following combinations of an oil and a base would be best suited for the preparation of soap?
(a) Castor oil and calcium hydroxide
(b) Turpentine oil and sodium hydroxide
(c) Castor oil and sodium hydroxide
(d) Mustard oil and calcium hydroxide
Complete the following chemical equation:
\[\ce{CH3COOC2H5 + NaOH ->}\]
Write the name and chemical formula of the simplest organic acid.
What happens when propanoic acid is warmed with methanol in the presence of a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid? Write equation of the reaction involved.
The structural formula of an ester is :

Write the formula of the acid and the alcohol from which it is formed.
Write the names of the first three members of the carboxylic acid series.
What do you observe when acetic acid is added to sodium bicarbonate?
While studying saponification reactions, the following comments were noted down by the students :
(I) Soap is a salt of fatty acids.
(II) The reaction mixture is basic in nature.
(III) In this reaction heat is absorbed.
(IV) This reaction is not a neutralisation reaction.
Which of these are the correct comments ?
(A) I and III only
(B) I, II and III
(C) II, III and IV
(D) I and II only
Why is glacial acetic acid called so?
Give the balanced chemical equation of the following reaction:
Neutralization of NaOH with ethanoic acid.
