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(a) Write the functional groups present in an aldehyde and a carboxylic acid.(b) How would you distinguish between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?(c) What happens when ethanoic acid is warmed with ethanol in the presence of a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid? Write equation of the reaction involved.(d) What happens when a piece of sodium metal is added to ethanol? Write equation of the reaction which takes place.​(e) Describe how ethene can be prepared from ethanol? Give an equation of the reaction and state the conditions.

Answer» (a) Write the functional groups present in an aldehyde and a carboxylic acid.

(b) How would you distinguish between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?

(c) What happens when ethanoic acid is warmed with ethanol in the presence of a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid? Write equation of the reaction involved.

(d) What happens when a piece of sodium metal is added to ethanol? Write equation of the reaction which takes place.

​(e) Describe how ethene can be prepared from ethanol? Give an equation of the reaction and state the conditions.


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