carboxylic acids

• carboxylic acids have the functional group COOH
• what are the 4 carboxylic acids?

  methanoic acid, ethanioc acid, propanoic acid and butanoic acid
• carboxylic acids have a group which is a carbon double bonded to oxygen then a single bond oxygen and hydrogen together
• carboxylic acids like any other acid with carbonates to produces a salt, water and carbon dioxide
• what will methanol acid form to make?

  methanoate
• esters have a functional group of COO
• what are esters formed from?

  an alcohol and carboxylic acid
• alcohol +carboxylic acid -> ester + water
• what is the ester made from ethnic acid and ethanol with an acid catalyst?

  ethyl ethanoate