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Question
Write the chemical equation for the following:
Saponification Reaction
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Solution
Ester + NaOH `->` Salt of Carboxylic acid + Alcohol
For example:
\[\ce{C2H5COOCH3 + NaOH -> C2H5COONa + CH3OH}\]
RELATED QUESTIONS
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
Draw the structure for the following compound.
Ethanoic acid
An organic compound X of molecular formula C2H4O2 gives brisk effervescence with sodium hydrogen carbonate. Give the name and formula of X.
Give any two uses of ethanoic acid.
The next higher homologue of ethanoic acid is ______.
Name the following:
A toxic alcohol
Give reason for the following :
Ethyne is more reactive than ethane
Assertion (A): Esterification is a process in which a sweet-smelling substance is produced.
Reason (R): When esters react with sodium hydroxide an alcohol and sodium salt of carboxylic acid are obtained.
The reaction between acetic acid and sodium carbonate is shown in the following figure.
Answer the questions with the help of a diagram.
- Which gas does come out as effervescence in the big test tube?
- What is the colour change in the lime water present in the small test tube?
- Write the related reaction.
Shristi heated Ethanol with a compound A in presence of a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid and observed a sweet smelling compound B is formed. When B is treated with sodium hydroxide it gives back Ethanol and a compound C.
- Identify A and C
- Give one use each of compounds A and B.
- Write the chemical reactions involved and name the reactions.
