Carboxylic Acids

Question 1

What is the functional group in carboxylic acids?

Answer 1

The carboxyl group -COOH
C-double bond-O OH

Question 2

What bases do carboxylic acids react with?
What do these reactions form?

Answer 2

Metal oxide+carboxylic acid->salt+water
Metal hydroxide+carboxylic acid->salt +water
Metal carbonate+carboxylic acid->salt+water+carbon dioxide

Question 3

Is the carboxyl group polar or non-polar? What types of bonds can be formed?

Answer 3

The carboxyl group is polar, allowing the carboxylic acids to form hydrogen bonds(hydrogen bonding)

Question 4

What types of melting and boiling points do carboxylic acids have?
How soluble are they in water?
Are short chain or long chain carboxylic acids more soluble?

Answer 4

-High melting and boiling points
-They’re polar because of the hydrogen bonding so can dissolve in water and other polar solvents
-short chain are much more soluble