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प्रश्न
Write a fully balanced equation for the folowing case:
Acitic acid is warmed with ethanol in the presence of concentrated sulpheric acid.
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उत्तर
\[\ce{CH3COOH + C2H5OH <=> CH3COOC2H5 + H2O}\]
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In an experiment to study the properties of ethanoic acid, a student takes about 3 mL of ethanoic acid in a dry test tube. He adds an equal amount of distilled water to it and shakes the test tube well. After some time he is likely to observe that
(A) a colloid is formed in the test tube.
(B) the ethanoic acid dissolves readily in water.
(C) the solution becomes light orange.
(D) water floats over the surface of ethanoic acid.
Which of the following will give brisk effervescence with sodium hydrogen carbonate and why?
CH3COOH, CH3CH2OH
Give any two uses of ethanoic acid.
Esters are sweet-smelling substances and are used in making perfumes. Describe an activity for the preparation of an ester with the help of a well labelled diagram. Write an equation for the chemical reaction involved in the formation of the ester. Also write the names of all the substances involved in the process of esterification.
A student is studying the properties of acetic acid in his school laboratory. List two physical and two chemical properties which he must observe and note in his record book.
A student puts a drop of acetic acid first on a blue litmus paper and then on a red litmus paper. He would observe that
(A) the red litmus paper turns colourless and there is no change in the blue litmus paper.
(B) the red litmus paper turns blue and the blue litmus paper turns red.
(C) there is no change in the red litmus paper and the blue litmus paper turns red.
(D) there is no change in the blue litmus paper and the red litmus paper turns blue.
Draw the structural formula of a compound with two carbon atoms in the following case:
An alcohol containing two carbon atoms.
Give the balanced chemical equation of the following reaction:
Neutralization of NaOH with ethanoic acid.
Write an equation showing saponification.
Name the oxidising agent used in the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid.
