20.3 Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic Acids, and Esters
Carbonyl compounds sorted by what else the carbon carries, the oxidation sequence from alcohol to acid, and esterification joining acid to alcohol.
Chemistry 2e, 20.3 Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic Acids, and Esters
3 exercises
20.3 Exercise 4
Explain why it is not possible to prepare a ketone that contains only two carbon atoms.
20.3 Exercise 6
Fatty acids are carboxylic acids that have long hydrocarbon chains attached to a carboxylate group. How does a saturated fatty acid differ from an unsaturated fatty acid? How are they similar?
20.3 Exercise 8
Write a condensed structural formula, such as CH3CH3, and describe the molecular geometry at each carbon atom.
(a) 2-propanol
(b) acetone
(c) dimethyl ether
(d) acetic acid
(e) 3-methyl-1-hexene
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