Topic 6 - Carboxylic Acids (Paper 2)

Question 1

what functional group do carboxylic acids have?

Answer 1

-COOH

Question 2

what do carboxylic acids react to form?

Answer 2

salts, ending in -anoate

Question 3

what happens when carboxylic acids in aqeous solution react with metal carbonates?

Answer 3

a salt, water and carbon dioxide is formed

Question 4

what happens when aqueous carboxylic acids react with metals?

Answer 4

a salt and hydrogen is formed

Question 5

how are esters formed?

Answer 5

carboxylic acids react in the presence of an acid catalyst to form esters

Question 6

how is ethanoic acid made?

Answer 6

by oxidising ethanol

Question 7

what is ethanoic acid used for?

Answer 7

it can be dissolved in water to make vinegar