3. Consider the following carboxylic acid (propanoic acid) and answer the question that follows: CH,-CH,-C-OH Propanoic acid (i) The carboxylic acid above can be synthesized by a number of ways. Write an equation for the synthesis from its corresponding alcohol. (ii) Carboxylic acids react with thionyl chloride SOC12 to form acid chlorides. How does the reactivity of carboxylic acids change with substitution of a Cl atom with OH group? (iii) Carboxylic acids react with alcohols readily in presence of inorganic acids. Give the name and draw the structure of product when propanoic acid reacts with methanol (CH3OH). (iv) Name the reaction in part (iii) above.

3. Consider the following carboxylic acid (propanoic acid) and answer the question that follows: CH,-CH,-C-OH Propanoic acid (i) The carboxylic acid above can be synthesized by a number of ways. Write an equation for the synthesis from its corresponding alcohol. (ii) Carboxylic acids react with thionyl chloride SOC12 to form acid chlorides. How does the reactivity of carboxylic acids change with substitution of a Cl atom with OH group? (iii) Carboxylic acids react with alcohols readily in presence of inorganic acids. Give the name and draw the structure of product when propanoic acid reacts with methanol (CH3OH). (iv) Name the reaction in part (iii) above.

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Chapter16: Aldehydes And Ketones

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 16.47P: The base-promoted rearrangement of an -haloketone to a carboxylic acid, known as the Favorskii...

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