Answer:
Products are favored.
Explanation:
The acid-base reaction of CH₃COOH (acid) with NH₃ (base) produce:
CH₃COOH + NH₃ ⇄ CH₃COO⁻ + NH₄⁺ Kr = ?
It is possible to know Kr of the reaction by the sum of acidic dissociations of the half-reactions. That is:
CH₃COOH ⇄ CH₃COO⁻ + H⁺ Ka = 1.8x10⁻⁵
NH₃ + H⁺ ⇄ NH₄⁺ 1/Ka = 1/ 5.6x10⁻¹⁰ = 1.8x10⁹
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CH₃COOH + NH₃ ⇄ CH₃COO⁻ + NH₄⁺ Kr = 1.8x10⁻⁵×1.8x10⁹ = <em>3.2x10⁴</em>
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As Kr is defined as:
Kr = [CH₃COO⁻] [NH₄⁺] / [CH₃COOH] [NH₃]
And Kr is > 1
[CH₃COO⁻] [NH₄⁺] > [CH₃COOH] [NH₃],
showing <em>products are favored</em>.
Option 1/A (It is the first one)
Assuming this is a true or false question, the answer would be True
Answer:
that results in an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.
Explanation:
Saponification is a chemical reaction process of alkaline hydrolysis of esters(R'COOR group) by which soap is obtained.
For Example, when a base such as sodium hydroxide [NaOH] is used to hydrolyze an ester, the products are a carboxylate salt and an alcohol. Because soaps are prepared by the alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils.
In a saponification reaction, alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils with sodium hydroxide yields propane-1,2,3-triol and the corresponding sodium salts of the component fatty acids.
i.e Fat or oil + caustic alkali ⇒ Soap + propane-1,2,3-triol
As a specific example, ethyl acetate and NaOH react to form sodium acetate and ethanol:
The reaction goes to completion in the image below: