carboxylic acids

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    • Producing carboxylic acids
      Alcohol + oxygen —> carboxylic acid
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    • Carboxylic acid functional group and suffix
      -COOH
      -anoic acid
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    • First 4 carboxylic acids
      Methanoic acid HCOOH
      Ethanoic acid CH3COOH
      Propanoic acid C2H5COOH
      Butanoic acid C3H7COOH
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    • Carboxylic acids react...
      ...like any other acid eg with carbonates to produce salt, water and carbon dioxide
      The salt will end in -anoate eg
      Ethanoic acid + sodium carbonate —> sodium ethanoate + water + carbon dioxide
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    • Carboxylic acids in water
      Weak acids in water as they partially dissociate, not all of their molecules release H+ ions/don't ionise completely when dissolving in water.
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    • Producing esters
      Alcohol + carboxylic acid —> (acid catalyst) ester + water
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    • Ester functional group
      -COO-
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    • Ethanol ester
      Ethyl ethanoate
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