Alcohols, Carboxyllic Acids & Esters - exam practice
Alcohols, Carboxyllic Acids & Esters
Question 1 of 3
This question is about ethanol and ethanoic acid.
Ethanoic acid can be formed from ethanol.
What type of reaction is this?
Draw the structure of ethanoic acid to show all the covalent bonds.
Ethanoic acid reacts with sodium carbonate to form sodium ethanoate, water, and carbon dioxide.
Balance the equation below to show the reaction.
Describe a test for the gas produced.
This questions is about alcohols and carboxylic acids.
Draw the structure of propanol to show all the covalent bonds.
Give two reasons why methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol are all part of the same homologous series.
State one use of propanol.
Describe the process of producing a carboxylic acid from propanol.
This question is about the reaction between carboxylic acids and metal carbonates.
Ethanoic acid can be produced by oxidising ethanol.
Describe a process for obtaining ethanol.
Draw the structure of ethanoic acid to show the covalent bonds.
Write the word equation for the reaction between ethanoic acid and sodium carbonate.
The gas produced is collected in a test tube.
Describe a test to identify the gas.