organic chemistry
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- Created on: 17-03-15 18:03
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- organic chemistry
- alcohol
- -OH
- burn in air to produce co2 and water
- first 4
- methanol
- ethanol
- propanol
- butanol
- uses:
- solvents
- drinks
- fuels
- esters
- -COO-
- mixture of the two other groups
- writen as
- alcohol carboxylic acid+oate
- example, methyl propanoate
- alcohol carboxylic acid+oate
- writen as
- uses:
- esters often smell nice, so are used perfumes and flavourings
- carboxylic acids
- -COOH
- react like all other acids
- carboxylic acid+metal
- =salt+ hydrogen
- carboxylic acid+ carbonate
- =salt+co2
- carboxylic acid+alkali
- =salt+water
- carboxylic acid+metal
- used in industry to make soaps and esters
- all end in oic
- e.g, ethanoic, methanoic
- alcohol
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