Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Write three physical properties of acetic acid.
Advertisements
Solution
Three physical properties of acetic acid:
- State : Liquid
- Odour : Pleasant smell-smell of vinegar
- Taste : sour taste
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
List two uses of esters.
Fill in the following blank with suitable word:
The next higher homologue of ethanol is ...............
Name the gas evolved when ethanoic acid is added to sodium carbonate. How would you prove the presence of this gas?
Name the functional group present in an organic compound which gives brisk effervescence with NaHCO3.
If you are asked to report your observations about the following two properties of acetic acid, what would you report?
(i) Odour
(ii) Effect on litmus
Write the molecular formulae and structure formula of ethanic acid?
Write the chemical equation for the following:
Combustion of methane
State how the following conversion can be carried out:
Ethyl chloride to Ethene.
Ethanoic acid turns ______ litmus to ______
In the presence of the acid catalyst, ethanoic acid reacts with ethanol and ______ ester is produced.
