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EXPERIMENT 8

Objectiu•
(Ethanoic acid) .
Study of the following properties of acetic acid water
(b) Solubility in
(a) Odour sodium hydrogen carbonate
(d) Reaction with
(c) Effect on litmus

CONCEPTS
1. The molecular formula of acetic acid is CH3COOH.

2. The structural formula of acetic acid is H—C— C —OH.


O

group is — C —OH.
3. The alkyl group of acetic acid is CI-13and the functional
4. The IUPAC name of acetic acid is ethanoic acid.
5. Acetic acid is soluble in water in all proportions.
at 16.60C.
6. Pure acetic acid is called glacial acetic acid. It is because, it freezes
vinegar.
7. Acetic acid has a peculiar pungent, sour smell like that of table
8. Acetic acid turns blue litmus paper red.
and liberates carbon
9. Acetic acid reacts with sodium hydrogen carbonate with a lot of effervescence
The carbon dioxide so evolved turns limewater milky.

Apparatus Required
1. A test tube rack containingat least six test tubes and a boiling tube
2. A dropper
3. A beaker (200 cc)
4. A cork with a glass tube bent twice at right angles
Chemicals Required
I. Glacial (pure) acetic acid 2. Sodium hydrogen carbonate
3. Limewater 4. Distilled water
Procedure
I. Collect 10 cc of glacial acetic acid in a test tube and label it G.
2. Pour about 4 cc of glacial acetic acid from the test tube G into another test tube. Fill the rest of the testtube
with distilled water Shake well. The solution so obtained is dilute acetic acid. Label the test tube as D
3. Perform the following experiments as listed in the table below
Experiment Observations Inference
L Odour
Pour 2 cc of dilute acetic acid in a It has a peculiar pungent smell, Acetic acid has a pungent smell.
clean test tube. Smell the acid. somewhat sour in nature like
that of table vinegar.

70
in water
Solubility
2.
Withthe help
of a dropper take one 1. It has a sour taste. 1. Aceticacid has a sour taste.
acid in a clean test tube.
dropof acetic
Add 10 ml of
water in the test tube. 2. Acetic acid dissolves 2. It is soluble in water in all
from this very
Takea drop of acid in water. proportions.
dilute solution and taste it.
litmus
3. Effect on
Withthe help of dropper, pour one drop Litmus paper turns red. Acetic acid (dilute) turns blue
of acetic acid on blue litmus paper. litmus red.

4. Reactionwith sodium hydrogen


carbonate
In a clean test tube put a pinch of 1. A brisk effervescencetakes 1. Sodium hydrogen carbonate reacts
sodiumhydrogen carbonate. Pour about place with the evolution of a with acetic acid to carbon
5 cc of dilute acetic acid in the test tube. colourless gas. dioxide gas.
Immediatelyfix a cork with a delivery NaHC03 + CH3COOH —i
tubein the mouth of the test tube. CH3COONa+ H.O + CO,
Keepthe other end of the delivery tube 2. Limewater turns milky on 2. Limewater turns milky because,
dipped in limewater contained in the passage of the gas. carbondioxide gas reacts •ath it
another test tube. to form insoluble calcium
carbonate.
Ca(OH),+ CO: -+ caC03 + H.O

Precautions
l. Glacial acetic acid is corrosive in nature. It shouldbe handledwith care.
2. Avoid excessive inhaling of acetic acid vapours.

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