Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives - exam practice
Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
Question 1 of 4
Name the carboxylic acid shown in the diagram below.
Explain, using a labelled diagram, why the carboyxlic acid in part a) is soluble in water.
Write an equation for the reaction between the carboxylic acid in part a) and ethanol in the presence of a concentrated sulfuric acid catalyst.
Write an equation for the reaction between the carboxylic acid in part a) and sodium carbonate.
Write an equation for the reaction between the carboxylic acid in part a) and magnesium.
Name the ester shown in the diagram below.
Complete the diagram below to show the organic products of the reactions of the ester in part a).
Name the type of reaction occurring in part b).
Which two products are formed in the acid hydrolysis of phenyl methyl ethanoate?
This question is about carboxylic acids and esters.
Complete the flowchart below to show the organic products formed when benzoic acid undergoes the following reactions.
Name the ester with the structural formula (CH3)3CCOOCH3.
Write an equation for the alkaline hydrolysis of the ester in part b) showing the structure of the organic products.
Write an equation for the complete combustion of the ester in part b).
This question is about esters.
Draw the skeletal formula of the ester ethyl 2-methylpropanoate.
Write an equation for the reaction between the ester HCOOCH2CH2CH3 and NaOH.
Which two products are formed in the acid hydrolysis of the ester CH3CH2COOCH2CH3?