Why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction ?
$\mathop {C{H_3}C{H_2}OH}\limits_{Ethanol} \,\xrightarrow{{[O]}}\mathop {C{H_3}COOH}\limits_{Ethanoic\,\,acid} $
Since the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid involves the addition of oxygen to ethanol, it is an oxidation reaction.
Explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps.
Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water ? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents such as ethanol also ?
A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding. Can you tell why a mixture of ethyne and air is not used ?
How would you name the following compounds ?
$(i)$ $CH _{3}- CH _{2}- Br$
$(ii)$ $\begin{matrix}
H \\
| \\
H-C=O \\
\end{matrix}$
$(iii)$ $\begin{matrix}
\begin{matrix}
H\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \,\, \\
|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
\end{matrix} \\
H-C-C-C-C-C\equiv C-H \\
\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
\end{matrix}$
What change will you observe if you test soap with litmus paper (red and blue)?