22. The traditional reasoning for why phenol is more acidic than cyclohexanol resides in a resonance analysis. What is another reason that phenol is more acidic?

Q: se an appropriate reaction to illustrate the acid character of benzoic acid.

A: Benzoic acid reacts with sodium carbonate to give CO2 gas with H2O             From the above…

Q: Compare and explain the acidity of phenol, ethanol, acetic acid. (Using pKa, structures of conjugate…

A: the acidity of phenol, ethanol, acetic acid can be explain on the basic of there respective…

Q: Why is water more acidic than ethanol but slightly less acidic than methanol?

A: Given: water is more acidic than ethanol and less acidic than methanol To find: why?

Q: Describe the trends in the physical properties of carboxylic acids, and contrast theirphysical…

A: Acidity of Carboxylic acids is based on the stability of the carboxylate ion. It is higher than…

Q: What is the role of phenolphthalein in the neutralization reaction? Draw the structure of…

A: Answer:During the titration, titrant is the solution of known concentration and analyte is the…

Q: Why is phenol a stronger kind of acid than other kinds of alcohol?

A: In this question, we will discuss about why Phenol is most acidic than others alcohols.  You can see…

Q: Why phenol is more acidic than ethanol?

A: The pKa values of given compounds are, Phenol = 10 Ethanol = 16 In general, If the Pka value is…

Q: Why are carboxylic acids more acidic than phenols?

A: Both phenol and Carboxylic acids are acidic in nature.

Q: Why are carbonyl compounds considered weakly acidic? Would you expect carbonyl compounds to be more…

A: The carbonyl compounds are weakly acidic. The alpha hydrogen of the carbonyl compound is removed by…

Q: Write the neutralization reaction occurring between benzoic acid and NaOH. What is the stoichiometry…

A: In this question, we will write neutralization reaction and also determine the stoichiometry of this…

Q: Describe the chemical properties of acid chlorides.

A: An acid chloride is a member of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RCOCl, where R…

Q: Why is butanoic acid stronger acid than phenol?

A: Acid is a substance donate H+ ions  Strength of Acidity depends on 1) - I effect and -R effect 2)…

Q: How does the presence of an electronegative substituent such as Cl affect the acidity of a…

A: In carboxylic acids, the presence of an electron withdrawing group (EWG) such as -F, -Cl increases…

Q: 1. Give at least four medicinal uses of salicylic acid. 2. What are the roles sulfuric acid in the…

A: 1. Give at least four medicinal uses of salicylic acid. 2. What are the roles sulfuric acid in the…

Q: Explain why benzocaine precipitates during the neutralization.

A: Under acidic conditions, the amine group on benzocaine is protonated. This introduces a positive…

Q: why n-hexanol has higher boiling point than n-hexane.

A: Since you have posted multiple questions, we will answer the very first question for you. Kindly…

Q: Which of the following statements is FALSE about phenol? Select one: O A. It changes the colour of…

A: In this question, we have to find out the correct answer of given problem by the help of the…

Q: The purity of the aspirin sample is tested with iron (III) chloride. A purple color resulting from…

A: Aspirin is acetyl salicylic acid. It is a white crystalline substance. Purity of aspirin is done by…

Q: Upon completion of a chemical reaction, you find you have a mixture of benzoic acid and ethyl…

A: Separation process is used for separating the components present in a mixture. There are various…

Q: Compounds in which the -OH of the carboxyl group is replaced by certain other groups are called…

A: Carboxylic acids can be defined as the carbonyl compounds where the carbonyl group is attached to…

Q: % T 76 70- 65- 60- 55- 50 45- 40- 35- 30- 25- 20- 18+ 4000 3686 3500 3365. 3000 2928 2500 cm-1 2000…

A: The question is based on the concept of organic spectroscopy. We need to analyse the spectral data…

Q: How acid–base chemistry can be used to separate benzoic acid andcyclohexanol ?

A: The compounds which have different solubility properties can be separated by extraction procedure.…

Q: Draw the Lewis structures for chloroacetic acid and for acetic acid.  Use structural arguments to…

A: Lewis structure for acetic acid and chloroacetic acid are given below :

Q: why is pentafluorophenyl ester more reactive (with primary amine) than ethyl ester?

A:

Q: Why is the water solubility of a carboxylate salt greater than that of its parent carboxylic acid?

A: RCOOH - carboxylic acid  RCOONa = sodium salt of carboxylic acid or carboxylate salts.

Q: Give a reaction showing that benzoic acid behaves as an acid.

A: Benzoic acid (C6H5COOH) behaves as an acid.

Q: Explain how the acidities of alcohols and thiols is reflected by the element effect

A: According to Bronsted theory of acid and base, acids are proton donor and base are proton acceptor.…

Q: Salicylic acid preparation and properties

A: Preparation by 2 most common methods From Phenol: Phenol reacts with sodium hydroxide forming…

Q: Indicate which is more acidic: 4-nitrophenol or 4-chlorophenol. Explain the reason.

A: The objective of this question is to determine which compound, 4-nitrophenol or 4-chlorophenol, is…

Aldehydes and Ketones

Aldehydes and ketones are organic compounds that have a carbonyl group, C = O, as their functional group. They both differ in the placement of this carbonyl group in their structures.