Problems and exercisesCarboxylic Acids
1. Which is more acidic?
Arrange in order of decreasing acidity: water, ethanol, phenol and acetic acid.
2. The reactive centres
Identify in propanoic acid, CH3CH2COOH: a) the most acidic hydrogen; b) the electrophilic centre; c) the basic centres; d) the weakly acidic hydrogens.