Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 23 - Organic Chemistry I: Formulas, Names, and Properties - Exercises - Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives - Page 948: 68

Answer

(a) Carboxylic acids are the organic acids containing a carboxyl group bonded to alkyl or aryl group. Carboxyl group contains carbonyl carbon bonded to hydroxyl group and is represented as -COOH. (b) Examples: HCOOH Methanoic acid CH_{3}COOH Ethanoic acid CH_{3}CH_{2}COOH Propanoic acid CH_{3}CH_{2}CH_{2}COOH Butanoic acid CH_{3}CH_{2}CH_{2}CH_{2}COOH Pentanoic acid

Work Step by Step

(a) Carboxylic acids are the organic acids containing a carboxyl group bonded to alkyl or aryl group. Carboxyl group contains carbonyl carbon bonded to hydroxyl group and is represented as -COOH. (b) Examples: HCOOH Methanoic acid CH_{3}COOH Ethanoic acid CH_{3}CH_{2}COOH Propanoic acid CH_{3}CH_{2}CH_{2}COOH Butanoic acid CH_{3}CH_{2}CH_{2}CH_{2}COOH Pentanoic acid
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