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Vinegar is ethanoic acid CH3COOH, so yes it is a carboxylic acid.

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What solution contains a carboxylic acid?

Vinegar is dilute acetic acid and thus contains a carboxylic acid.


What type of acid is in vineger?

Vinegar, or ethanoic acid is a carboxylic acid.


Which carboxylic acid is responsible for the odour and taste of vinegar?

Vinegar contains acetic acid. Acetic acid has a sour taste. This gives the odor and the taste to vinegar.


What carboxylic acid is found in vinegar?

The major chemical component of vinegar is about 5% acetic acid. The systematic or proper chemical name of acetic acid is ethanoic acid. Vinegar is a weak acid produced by the oxidation of alcohol (ethanol) from wines and ciders by bacteria. It is commercially sold as white vinegar, brown vinegar, cider vinegar and balsamic vinegar. CH3COOH


What class of compounds often associated with vinegar?

Acetic acid is the main class of compound associated with vinegar. It is responsible for vinegar's sour taste and strong smell.


Example of carboxylic acid?

methanoic acid,ethanoic acid,butanoic acid,etc.....any cmpd containing acid group.i.e.,-COOH belong to carboxylic acids


Is Carboxylic acid does this contain fat?

No, carboxylic acids are simply a class of organic acids. Some carboxylic acids are fatty acids but are not fats nor do they contain them. Amino acids, the building blocks of protein are also carboxylic acids. One of the most common carboxylic acids is acetic acid, commonly sold as vinegar.


Acetic acid is an example of a?

A weak acid. It is also a carboxylic acid and an organic compund.


What product contains carboxylic acid?

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


Is a carboxylic acid?

A carboxylic acid is an organic acid. Organic acid is one that has the acid group made from carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.Carbon has four bonds;two bonds to one oxygen andone bond to an oxygen with a hydrogen attachedone bond to the rest of the acid structure.It is the hydrogen attached to the oxygen that gives the carboxylic acid its acidic properties.All carboxylic acids are weak. Generally they are complex in structure and form the basis of the buffer system in living things.The simplest carboxylic acid is methanoic acid - ant bites followed by ethanoic acid - in vinegar. (The traditional names of these two acids are formic acid and acetic acid.)


What is the structure of vinegar?

Vinegar is primarily made up of acetic acid. Acetic acid (or ethanoic acid) is a two-carbon carboxylic acid. It's formula is CH3COOH. It has a methyl group attached to a carbonyl carbon that is also attached to a hydroxyl group.


Is hydrochloric an example of vinegar?

No, hydrochloric acid is not an example of vinegar. Vinegar is a dilute acetic acid solution typically used in cooking, while hydrochloric acid is a strong inorganic acid commonly used in industry and laboratory settings.