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How formic acid can be converted to acetic acid?

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Formic acid into acetic acid
`HCOOHoverset(LiAlH_(4))rarrCH_(3)OHoverset(SOCl_(2))rarrCH_(3)Cl+HCluarr+SO_(2)uarr`
`CH_(3)Cloverset(KCN)rarrCH_(3)CNoverset(H_(3)O^(+))rarrCH_(3)COOH`
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ARIHANT PUBLICATION-CARBOXYLIC ACIDS -ODISHA BUREAU.S TEXTBOOK SOLUTIONS (C. SHORT ANSWER TYPE I QUESTIONS)
  1. Give two tests to distinguish between formic acid and acetic acid.

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  2. How can you convert toluene into m-nitrobenzoic acid?

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  3. How formic acid can be converted to acetic acid?

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  4. What happens when acetic acid is treated with NH(4)OH and the product ...

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  5. Why m-nitrobenzoic acid is a stronger acid than benzoic acid?

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  6. Identify A and B C(6)H(5)COOHunderset("Conc. "H(2)SO(4))overset("Con...

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  7. What happens when acetamide is boiled with NaOH solution?

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  8. Identify A and B C(6)H(5)COOHoverset(SoCl(2))rarrAunderset(Pd//BaSO(...

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  9. Distinguish between acetic acid and ethanol?

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  10. Explain why the bond length of C-O in carboxylic acid is slightly larg...

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  11. What happens when sodium propionate is heated with sodalime?

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  12. What happens when acetic acid reacts with ethyl alcohol in presence of...

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  13. How acetic acid is prepared from methyl cyanide?

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  14. What happens when sodium acetate is heated with sodalime?

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  15. What happens when formic acid reacts with acidified KMnO(4) solution?

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  16. Explain acetic acid is stronger acid than ethanol.

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  17. What is the reaction of acetic acid with lime water?

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  18. How can you get acetone from acetic acid?

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  19. What happens when formic acid reacts with mercuric chloride?

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  20. Arrange the following in the increasing order of acidic strength. (i...

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