Unit 2 Flashcards
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Main uses of esters
Perfumes
Solvents
Flavourings
Perfumes
Solvents
Flavourings
Main uses of esters
Appearance of esters
Colourless liquid
Smell of esters
Sweet/fruity or nail varnish
Sweet/fruity or nail varnish
Smell of esters
Solubility of esters in water
Insoluable
Why are esters able to dissolve many compounds that arent soluable in water
Esters are not very polar, water is polar
Esters as solvents
Volatile
Low bps
Useful when rapid evaporation of solvents is required
Volatile
Low bps
Useful when rapid evaporation of solvents is required
Esters as solvents
Ester used as the solvent in nail varnish
Ethyl Ethanoate
Ethyl ethanoate
Ester used as the solvent in nail varnish
When is an ester formed
Esterfication.
When an alcohol and carboxylic acid react
What forms by esterfication
When an alcohol and carboxylic acid react
An ester
Alcohol + carboxylic acid —>
Alcohol + carboxylic acid —> ester + water
—> ester + water
Alcohol + caboxylic acid
Where does the first part of an esters name come from
The alcohol
What part of an esters name comes from the alcohol
The first part
What part of an esters name comes from the carboxylic acid
Second part
Where does the second part of an esters mare come from
The carboxylic acid
- Anol
-yl
-yl
- Anol
-Ic acid
- Ate
- Ate
- Ic acid
Alcohol functional group
- OH