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Why ethanoic acid is a stronger acid than ethanol.

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It is because the ethanoate ion obtained by the loss of a proton from ethanoic acid is stabilized by resonance but ethoxide ion obtained by the loss of a proton from ethanol is not stabilized by resonance.
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ICSE-ALDEHYDES, KETONES AND CARBOXYLIC ACIDS-EXERCISE (PART-II DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS) (VERY SHORT QUESTIONS)
  1. What is the relationship between pK(a) and K(a) of an acid ?

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  2. How are pK(a) values related to acid strength of an acid?

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  3. Why ethanoic acid is a stronger acid than ethanol.

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  4. What makes acetic acid a stronger acid than phenol?

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  5. Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their acid stre...

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  6. Mention a chemical property in which methanoic acid differs from aceti...

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  7. Complete the following reaction: CH(3)CH(2)COOHoverset(P,Br(2))to[A]...

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  8. Mention one important use of methanoic acid.

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  9. Give one chemical test to distinguish between formic acid and acetic a...

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  10. Give one test to distinguish between acetone and acetic acid.

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  11. Give a balanced equation and name the products when acetic acid is tre...

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  12. What is observed when formic acid is added to Tollens' reagent?

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  13. Arrange the following in the increasing order of acidic strength, Wa...

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  14. Why lower carboxylic acids are soluble in water?

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  15. How will you detect the presence of a carboxylic acid ?

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  16. Carboxylic acids contain carbonyl group but do not show the nucleophil...

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  17. Which reagent directly converts carboxylic acids to alcohols?

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  18. Give one example of Hell-Volhard Zelinsky (HVZ) reaction.

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  19. How can you distinguish between an alcohol and an acid?

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  20. Mention a use of either esters of benzoic acid or of sodium benzoate.

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