What is the valency of acetic acid?
Valency:
Valency of acetic acid:
Give the structural formulae and IUPAC name of acetic acid. What is glacial acetic acid?
(i) Why is pure acetic acid known as glacial acetic acid?
(ii) what type of compound is formed by the reaction between acetic acid and an alcohol?
Find the odd one out and explain your choice (Note: Valency is not a criterion.):
(a) C3H8,C5H10,C2H6,CH4
(b) Formic acid, Nitric acid, Acetic acid, Propanoic acid