Containts
Properties
Composition
Reactions
General
100
what can be said about the study of esters
What is: the most pleasent and delicious organic compunds you can study.
100
what kind of substance is an ester?
What is: a neutral substance.
100
what happens when an ester is heated with water?
What is: very little happens.
100
what ions promote hydrolysis?
What is; hydroxide ions.
100
what acids are ester derived from?
What is: inorganic or organic acids.
200
what are esters?
What is: organic compounds that give flowers, fruits and purfumes their pleasent and or delicious sents.
200
Do esters have high boiling points?
What is: no, because of the weak attractions between molecules
200
What happens if an ester is heated in a strong acid or base?
What is: the ester will beak down
200
what agents are used in ester hydrolysis
What is: aqueous sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
300
What fruits contain esters?
What is: bluberries, pineapples, apples, pears, bananas etc.
300
Can esters form hydrogen bonds with one another?
What is: no, although they are polar ther cannot form hydrogen bond.
300
what in the term for adding water to an ester?
What is: hydrolyzed
300
what solvant is used to make the solution homogeneous?
What is: ethanol
400
what is an ester derived from?
What is: carboxylic acid and alcohol
400
Are esters with more then 5 carbons soluble?
What is: no, they have very limited solubility.
400
what does an hydrolyzed ester produce?
What is: carboxlic acid and an alcohol
400
does an ester reaction need to be heated?
What is: yes, mixture is usually heated.
400
how are ester names derived?
What is: from the parent acid and parent alcohol.
500
what are the -OH replaced with in an ester formula?
What is: RO from the alcohol
500
what is the process called when carbolic acid and acohol come together and form an ester?
What is: esterification
500
what type of solution would hydrolyzed an ester faster?
What is: an acidic solution
500
what products are produced during the reaction?
What is: the products are the carboxylic acid is in solution as its sodium or potassium salt.
500
what is an uncommon class of esters?
What is: orthoesters such as triethylorthoformate.
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