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reducing a carboxylic acid directly forms an aldehyde, but further reduction forms a primary alcohol
reducing a ketone forms a secondary alcohol
oxidation reverses these processes
primary alcohol -> aldehyde -> carboxylic acid
secondary alcohol -> ketone
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When a primary alcohol is strongly oxidized the product?
The product of the oxidation of a primary alcohol is a carboxylic acid.
Is vitamin c a carboxylic acid?
Vitamin C is actually ascorbic acid or ascorbate.
What are the products of an ester and water?
An alcohol and a carboxylic acid salt (carboxylic acid if protonated at end of reaction).
Oxidation product of d-ribose?
the aldehyde functional group is replaced with carboxylic acid
Which molecule contains both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups?
i am trying to find that answer
What solution contains a carboxylic acid?
Vinegar is dilute acetic acid and thus contains a carboxylic acid.
What is an alkynoic acid?
An alkynoic acid is a carboxylic acid which contains an alkyne group.
What is an allenoic acid?
In organic chemistry, an allenoic acid is a carboxylic acid which contains an allene group.
What type of acid contains a carboxyl group?
carboxylic acids
Is ether a compound formed from compounding a carboxylic and an alcohol?
No - the reaction product of an alcohol and a carboxylic acid is an ESTER not an ether
When a primary alcohol is strongly oxidized the product?
The product of the oxidation of a primary alcohol is a carboxylic acid.
True or false An amino acid contains either an amino group or a carboxylic acid group?
the answer is true
What is common between acetic acid and benzoic acid?
both contains the carboxylic functional group(-COOH)
Is vitamin c a carboxylic acid?
Vitamin C is actually ascorbic acid or ascorbate.
What are the products of an ester and water?
An alcohol and a carboxylic acid salt (carboxylic acid if protonated at end of reaction).
Is formic acid an Aldehyde or a Carboxylic acid?
Formic acid is methanoic acid. A carboxylic acid.
Oxidation product of d-ribose?
the aldehyde functional group is replaced with carboxylic acid
