Carboxylic Acids

3/30/02

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Carboxylic Acids

Widely found in nature

Widely found in nature

Structure and bonding

Properties

Resonance in carboxyl groups 

Nomenclature 

Preparation 1

Preparation 2

Acidity of carboxylic acids

Resonance in carboxylates

Acidity and structure

Acid ó base reactions

Acid ó base reactions

Derivatives: Ester formation

Esterification examples

Esterification examples

Hydrolysis of esters

Esters in polymers

Acid chlorides

Polarity in acid chlorides

Substitution at acyl carbons

Reactions of acid chlorides

Reaction with water

Esters with alcohols

Amides with ammonia

Naming amides

Amide functional group

Amides in polymers

Amides in proteins

Amides in proteins

Penicillin

Author: Steve Glover 

Email: sglover@metz.une.edu.au

Home Page: http://www.une.edu.au/chemistry/research/glover.html

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