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प्रश्न
Explain the following reaction with an example.
Saponification
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उत्तर
When an ester is heated with dilute sodium hydroxide (an alkali) solution, it gets converted back to the original alcohol and sodium salt of the original carboxylic acid. Such a reaction is known as saponification.
\[\ce{Ester + Sodium hydroxide ->[Heat] Sodium carboxylate + Alcohol}\]
E.g. Ethyl ethanoate and sodium hydroxide react to give sodium ethanoate and ethanol.

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You have four test tubes, A, B, C and D containing sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, lime water and blue litmus solutions respectively. Out of these the material of which test tube/ test tubes would be suitable for the correct test of acetic/ethanoic acid?
(a) only A
(b) A and B
(c) B and C
(d) A and D
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When zinc powder is added to acetic acid ______________
(a) the mixture becomes warm
(b) a gas is evolved
(c) the colour of the mixture becomes yellow
(d) a solid settles at the bottom
How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid on the basis of a chemical property?
What type of compound is CH3COOH?
The structural formula of an ester is :

Write the formula of the acid and the alcohol from which it is 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.
What do you notice when acetic acid reacts with metals?
A student is studying the properties of acetic acid. List two physical properties of acetic acid he observes. What happens when he adds a pinch of sodium hydrogen carbonate to this acid? Write any two observations.
A student takes 2 mL acetic acid in a dry test tube and adds a pinch of sodium hydrogen carbonate to it. He makes the following observations:
I. A colourless and odourless gas evolves with a brisk effervescence.
II. The gas turns lime water milky when passed through it.
III. The gas burns with an explosion when a burning splinter is brought near it.
IV. The gas extinguishes the burning splinter that is brought near it.
The correct observations are:
(A) I, II, and III
(B) II, III and IV
(C) III, IV and I
(D) IV, I and II
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How Will You Carry Out the Following Conversions?
Ehane to acitic acid
Fill in the blank with appropriate word/words.
Esterification is the reaction between carboxylic acid and ______ in presence of ____
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Ethyl chloride to Ethyl alcohol
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Sodium ethanoate
Write the answers to the questions by observing the following figure.

- Write the chemical reaction shown in the figure above in the form of a balanced equation.
- Write the name of the gas coming out of the large test tube in the above chemical reaction.
- Why do small bubbles appear in the small test tube?
- What is the change in colour of lime water?
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Evolution of carbon dioxide by the action of ethanoic acid with NaHCO3.
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