Carboxylic Acids

• Carboxylic Acids have high boiling points than other

  functional groups with comparable molar mass.
• Carboxylic Acids

  • Volatile and has a “goaty smell”
  • Increase carbon, decrease volatility.
• Carboxylic acids

  • can react with sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) (NaHCO3) to produce carbon dioxide and water.
• Drugs with carboxylic acid substituents

  Mefenamic acid

  • Pain reliever

  Aspirin

  • Anti-coagulant
  • Pain reliever

  Ibuprofen

  • Pain reliever
• Carboxylic Acid: Physical State

  5-10 Carbons = Waxes
• Carboxylic Acid: Water Solubility

  1-4 carbons soluble in water

  (Increase carbons, decrease solubility)
• Classification of Carboxylic Acids

  • Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids
  • Aromatic Carboxylic Acids