Carboxylic Acids

• What is the functional group of carboxylic acids?

  1. o-o-h
• What do the names of carboxylic acids end with?

  anoic acid
• What is the name of the carboxylic acid with three carbons?

  Propanoic acid
• What are the names of the first four carboxylic acids?

  • Methanoic acid
  • Ethanoic acid
  • Propanoic acid
  • Butanoic acid
• How should the formulas of carboxylic acids be written?

  With the c-o-h groups together at the end
• How do carboxylic acids behave in terms of ionization?

  They are weak acids and do not fully ionize
• What does the ionization of carboxylic acids produce?

  Negative ions that end in anoate
• What ion does propanoic acid form when it ionizes?

  Propanoate ion
• What do carboxylic acids produce when they react with metal carbonates?

  A salt, water, and carbon dioxide
• What is formed when ethanoic acid reacts with potassium carbonate?

  Potassium ethanoate, water, and carbon dioxide
• How are carboxylic acids made from alcohols?

  By oxidizing the alcohol with an oxidizing agent
• What is the name of the carboxylic acid produced from butanol?

  Butanoic acid
• What happens to the number of carbons when an alcohol is oxidized to form a carboxylic acid?

  The number of carbons remains the same
• What is the general characteristic of carboxylic acids?

  They are all weak acids
• How does the ionization of carboxylic acids differ from strong acids?

  Carboxylic acids do not fully ionize
• What is the role of an oxidizing agent in the formation of carboxylic acids?

  It adds an oxygen to the alcohol
• What is the chemical formula for propanoic acid?

  C$3$H$6$O$2$
• What is the chemical formula for butanoic acid?

  C$4$H$8$O$2$
• What is the chemical formula for ethanoic acid?

  C$2$H$4$O$2$
• What is the chemical formula for methanoic acid?

  C$1$H$2$O$2$