Chapter 24- Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids

Alcohols

Alcohols

Organic compounds with the hydroxyl functional group and the general formula CnH2n+2.

Carboxylic acids

Organic acids with the functional group -COOH, and the general formula CnH2n+1COOH.

Esters

Organic compounds formed when an alcohol reacts with a carboxylic acid.

Yeast

A commercial microorganism that is used to raise dough or in fermentation, usually when it respires anaerobically.

presence of potassium manganate

In ________ (VII) which is an oxidising agent, alkenes are oxidised to alcohols.

Weak Acids

Acids that do not completely ionise in aqueous solutions.

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.