(a) Name the compound CH3COOH and identify its funcational group. (b) Give a chemical test to identify this compound. (c) Name the gas evolved when this compound acts on solid sodium carbonate. How would you identify this gas?
a)The name of the compound is acetic acid and functional groups is carboxylic acids group. (b)CO2 gas is evolved. To identify the gas pass it through freshly prepared limewater it turns milky due to the formation of milky white precipitate of CaCO3.
