Skip to content

Course home

Sign up

Carboxylic acids and esters

EasyMedium
1234567
Question 5

Ethyl ethanoate, CH3COOCH2CH3\text{CH}_3\text{COOCH}_2\text{CH}_3CH3​COOCH2​CH3​, is heated under reflux with aqueous sodium hydroxide. Which of the following shows the two organic products formed?

A

CH3COOH\text{CH}_3\text{COOH}CH3​COOH and CH3CH2OH\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{OH}CH3​CH2​OH

B

CH3COONa\text{CH}_3\text{COONa}CH3​COONa and CH3CH2OH\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{OH}CH3​CH2​OH

C

CH3COOH\text{CH}_3\text{COOH}CH3​COOH and CH3CH2ONa\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{ONa}CH3​CH2​ONa

D

CH3COONa\text{CH}_3\text{COONa}CH3​COONa and CH3CH2ONa\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{ONa}CH3​CH2​ONa

Markscheme

Carboxylic acids and esters Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /Carboxylic acids and esters

15 exam-style questions on OCR A A Level Chemistry Carboxylic acids and esters. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank