Chemical Reactions and Uses of Carboxylic Acids

CHAPTER 4 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS carboxylic acid

carboxylic acid through a pathway resembling the transformation of alcohol into aldehyde • The pH must be neutral or slightly basic The oxidation is very

polylactic acid carboxylic acids, esters, amides, acyl chlorides, acid anhydrides Ester 1 Esters have a pair of alkyl or aromatic groups attached to a carbonyl + Structure and acidic properties of carboxylic acids The OH group in a carboxylic acid is different from an OH in an alcohol  Carboxylic acid functionality is part of the amino acidshydroxy acidand required to be protected during peptide synthesis as well as various chemical

jokerslotz Acid A number of ex- periments are tabulated carboxylic acid , m 219 ° ; 4