2.

0 CARBON COMPOUNDS
2.7 ANALYSING ESTERS

General Formula

Natural Sources
& uses in daily life

Functional Group

7
Esterification
reactions

ESTERS
3

Naming Esters &

molecular Formula

4
Physical Properties
Of Ethyl Ethanoate

Structure Formulae

Preparation in lab

1.0 General Formula

CnH2n+1COOH
n = 0, 1, 2, 3, .
( Carboxylic acid )

CnH2n+1COOCmH2m+1
n = 0, 1, 2, .
m = 1, 2, 3, .

+
HOCmH2m+1
m = 1, 2, 3, .
( alcohol )

Eg.
O

H H

H--C--O--C--CH
H H
Ethyl methanoate

Eg.
Eg.

OO

R--R---C---O--C---O---RR

2.0 Functional Group

Carboxylate
Carboxylate
Group
Group
----COO
COO----

Ethanol + ethanol acid ethyl ethanoate

3.0 Naming &

Molecular Formula

4.0 Structure Formulae

H H

H--C--O--C--C--H
H H
Ethyl methanoate

5.0 Preparation in lab

R--C--O--H + H--O--R
Carboxylic acid

alcohol

H2SO4

R--C--O--R
ESTER

Ethyl methanoate

H 2O
water

Sweet
Sweet
pleasant
pleasant
smell
smell

Colourless
Colourless
liquids
liquids

Boiling
Boilingpoint
point
lower
lowerthan
than
carboxylic
carboxylic
acid
acid

Dissolve in
organic
solvents

6.0 Physical Properties

Of Ethyl Ethanoate

Slightly
Slightly
soluble
solublein
in
water
water

7.0 Esterification
reactions

H--C--O--H + H--O--CH3
methanoic acid

methanol

H--C--O--CH3

H 2O

methyl methanoate

water

Ethyl methanoate

Sourcers :
Fruits & flower

8.0 Natural sourcer of esters &

Uses in daily life

Uses :
n-pentyl ethanoate / CH3COOC5H11 bananas flavour

Finish

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