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What is the common name of ethanoic acid?

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Important Questions on Organic Chemistry

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Identify the substance underlined:

The organic compound which when solidified, forms an ice like mass.

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Reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate can be used to distinguish between 
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Name the following organic compound:

The compound with 3 carbon atoms whose functional group is a carboxyl.

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The vapour density of an organic compound is 30. The organic compound can be
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The gas released when baking soda is mixed with vinegar, is
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Acetic acid _____
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A compound X (having vinegar like smell) when treated with ethanol in the presence of the acid, Z, gives a compound Y which has a fruity smell.
The reaction is
C2H5OH+X→ZY+H2O
Write the structural formula of X.
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Vinegar is prepared from
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Which of the following compound contains a carboxyl group? 
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Which of the following is not a use of acetic acid?
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Total number of hydroxyls (-OH) groups in saccharic acid are
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Vinegar is a solution of about:
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Pyruvic acid is :
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The general formula CnH2nO2 could be for open chain
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A dilute solution of ethanoic acid in water is called
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The organic acid present in vinegar is _____ (propanoic acid / ethanoic acid).
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The substance which can produce brisk effervescence with baking soda solution is :
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Which type of organic compound gives brisk effervescence with sodium hydrogen carbonate:
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The acid present in vinegar is:
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Vinegar is prepared by the bacterial oxidation of _____ (methanol / ethanol).