4.

5 Exercise 2 carboxylic acids and esters

1.

Write equations for the following reactions:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

2.

Write equations for the following reactions and name any organic products:
a)
b)
c)
d)

3.

propanoic acid with methanol

ethanoic acid with propan-2-ol
methanoic acid with propan-1-ol
butanoic acid with butan-1-ol

Write equations, using displayed formulae, for the following reactions:

a)
b)
c)
d)

4.

propanoic acid with sodium hydroxide

butanoic acid with sodium carbonate
sodium methanoate with hydrochloric acid
sodium ethanoate with sulphuric acid
2-methylpropanoic acid with sodium carbonate

ethyl methanoate with conc. H2SO4

methyl propanoate with NaOH
methylethyl ethanoate with H2SO4
propyl methanoate with NaOH

Write equations for the reaction of the following oil:

H
O

C
O
C

C15H31

C15H31

C15H31

H
with
a)
b)

dilute hydrochloric acid in the presence of lipase

sodium hydroxide

Suggest where each of the reactions might take place and state a use for each of
the products in each case.