Carboxylic acids

• General formula of Carboxylic acid?

  CnH2n+1COOH
• Propanoic acid <=> propanoate ion + hydrogen ion

  
• Carboxylic acids are weak acids because they only partially ionise in solution. Their solutions do not contain many hydrogen ions compared to a solution of a strong acid at the same concentration
• How are carboxylic acids made?

  Oxidise alcohol
• Ethanoic acid + potassium carbonate -> potassium ethanoate + water + carbon dioxide
• Carboxylic acid's

  A) Functional group