What is Carboxylic Acid And Ester
Answers
Answer:
carboxylic acid and ester
Explanation:
in carboxylic acid -COOH
In ester -COOR where R is the alkyl group
eg; RCOOH,CH3COOH
eg; RCOOR, CH3COOCH3
Answer:
Carboxylic acids are those covalent compounds, which were originally hydrocarbons but two hydrogen atoms were replaced by hetero atoms of oxygen. They contain the functional group "-COOH".
Esters are simply hydrogen and/or methyl groups linked to each other by a "-COO-". They are sweet smelling compounds used to make perfumes, flavour cakes and ice-creams etc.
Examples:
Two examples each with structures are given in the attachment.
More to know:
Esters are formed by reactions of alcohols and carboxylic acids. Such reactions are called esterification reactions.
Two examples of esterification reactions are given below:
1. Formation of Ethyl Ethanoate:
CH₃CH₂OH + CH₃COOH ----------------> CH₃COOCH₂CH₃ + H₂O
2. Formation of Butyl Butanoate:
C₄H₉OH + C₃H₇COOH ----------------> C₃H₇COOC₄H₉ + H₂O
