How and under what conditions does the ethanoic acid react with ethonal sodium hydroxide and sodium biocarbonate? write the equation for each reaction
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What are the products of the reaction between ethanoic acid and sodium carbonate?
As you know ethanoic acid reacts with carbonates from sodium carbonate via neutralization. The products are mainly CO2 gas and salt sodium ethanoate.
The reaction as follow, I assume the sodium carbonate is solid.
2CH3COOH(aq) + Na2CO3(s) → 2CH3COONa(aq) + H2CO3(aq)
H2CO3(aq) is then spontaneously decomposed into H2O(l) and CO2(g)
Hence the products are water, carbon dioxide gas, and sodium ethanoate salt (water soluble salt).
I hope it helps.
Answer:
(a) When ethanol reacts with ethanoic acid in the presence of a little concentrated sulphuric acid, a sweet-smelling ester called ethyl ethanoate is formed.
(b) When ethanol is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid at 170∠˜C, it gets dehydrated to form ethene.
Explanation:
CH3COOH + NaOH → CH3COONa + H2O
Ethanoic acid + sodium carbonate --> Sodium ethanoate + sodium hydrogen carbonate