Describe ethanoic acid as…
● A typical weak acid
● this means ethanol will release some H+ ions in solution, but will not fully dissociate (loses the H + from the COOH group)
● Carboxylic acids react with alcohols in the presence of an acid catalyst to
produce esters…
o They have the functional group –COO-.
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● name:
o first part is from alcohol e.g. methanol → methyl
o second part is from carboxylic acid e.g. butanoic acid→ butanoate