Organic compounds with the hydroxyl functional group and the general formula CnH2n+2.
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Carboxylic acids
Organic acids with the functional group -COOH, and the general formula CnH2n+1COOH.
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Esters
Organic compounds formed when an alcohol reacts with a carboxylic acid.
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Yeast
A commercial microorganism that is used to raise dough or in fermentation, usually when it respires anaerobically.
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presence of potassium manganate
In ________ (VII) which is an oxidising agent, alkenes are oxidised to alcohols.
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Weak Acids
Acids that do not completely ionise in aqueous solutions.
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pH
A figure expressing the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a logarithmic scale on which 7 is neutral, lower values are more acid and higher values more alkaline.
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