What do u mean by carboxylic acid?
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5. What are carboxylic acids?
Carboxylic acids is a homologous series in which the compounds contain a functional group called the carboxyl group (-COOH). The general molecular formula for carboxylic acids is CnH2n+1COOH. Carboxylic acids contain at least one carboxyl group. Carboxylic acids with two or more carboxyl groups attached are called dicarborxylic acids, tricarboxylic acids, etc. Carboxylic acids are derivatives of hydrocarbons in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms in the hydrocarbon have been replaced by a carboxyl group. The first four carboxylic acids derived from alkanes are methanoic acid (HCOOH), ethanoic acid (CH3COOH), propanoic acid (C2H5COOH) and butanoic acid (C3H7COOH).
The next few carboxylic acids are as follow:
pentanoic acid (C4H9COOH)
hexanoic acid (C5H11COOH)
heptanoic acid (C6H13COOH)
octanoic acid (C7H15COOH)
nonanoic acid (C8H17COOH)
decanoic acid (C9H19COOH)
Carboxylic acids is a homologous series in which the compounds contain a functional group called the carboxyl group (-COOH). The general molecular formula for carboxylic acids is CnH2n+1COOH. Carboxylic acids contain at least one carboxyl group. Carboxylic acids with two or more carboxyl groups attached are called dicarborxylic acids, tricarboxylic acids, etc. Carboxylic acids are derivatives of hydrocarbons in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms in the hydrocarbon have been replaced by a carboxyl group. The first four carboxylic acids derived from alkanes are methanoic acid (HCOOH), ethanoic acid (CH3COOH), propanoic acid (C2H5COOH) and butanoic acid (C3H7COOH).
The next few carboxylic acids are as follow:
pentanoic acid (C4H9COOH)
hexanoic acid (C5H11COOH)
heptanoic acid (C6H13COOH)
octanoic acid (C7H15COOH)
nonanoic acid (C8H17COOH)
decanoic acid (C9H19COOH)
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