Chem 5.3 - Carboxylic acids & Esters

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What pH is produced when you mix Carboxylic acids with a neutral water?
Less than pH7
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What is produced when a Carboxylic acid is reacted with a Carbonate?
Carbon dioxide, water and a certain type of salt
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How are esters produced?
When Carboxylic acids are in the presence of an acid catalyst, they react with alcohols to produce esters
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Give an example of this acid catalyst?
Sulphuric Acid
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State a word equation
Ethanoic Acid + Ethanol + Sulphuric acid = Esters + Water
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Acids that ionizes completely in an aqueous solution are known as strong or weak acids?
Strong
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Acid that do not ionise completely in an aqueous solution are known as strong or weak acids?
Weak
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Ethanoic acid is a weak or strong acid?
Weak
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Why?
Because it does not ionise completely in an aqueous solution
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How are esters produced?

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Give an example of this acid catalyst?

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