Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry
11.7Carboxylic acids
Carboxylic acids in Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 11.7.1Describe the reactions of ethanoic acid with metals, bases and carbonates, including the names and formulae of the salts formed.
- 11.7.2Supplement: describe the formation of ethanoic acid by oxidising ethanol with acidified aqueous potassium manganate(VII) and by bacterial oxidation during vinegar production.
- 11.7.3Supplement: describe the reaction of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol, using an acid catalyst, to form an ester.
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Carboxylic acids and esters
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Turn Carboxylic acids into a strength.
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