Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 14 - Section 14.2 - Properties of Carboxylic Acids - Questions and Problems - Page 480: 14.13a

Answer

$CHOOH + NaOH → CHOONa + H_{2}O$

Work Step by Step

This is a double displacement reaction where Na replaces H of Carboxylic group which reacts with OH ion of NaOH to form water
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