Carboxylic acid - Ester and Salt Names - Organic Chemistry Quiz

- Publisher: Andrey Solovyev
- Genre: Word
- Released: 25 Mar, 2014
- Size: 10.5 MB
- Price: $0.99

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Carboxylic acids and esters are one of the most important classes of organic compounds. They are everywhere:* in food (citric acid; vinegar = a solution of acetic acid);
* in medicines (aspirin = acetylsalicylic acid);
* in fats (triglycerides are esters of fatty acids and glycerol);
* in plastics (polyesters);
* in biochemistry (transformation of pyruvate through the citric acid cycle);
* and even in ants :) (formic acid)
Learn structures and trivial names of 50 most important carboxylic acids and their esters and salts.
* Aliphatic saturated acids
* Unsaturated and substituted acids
* Di- and tricarboxylic acids
* Aromatic acids
* pKa values of all acids!
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