Chemistry · BGCSE / Organic chemistry

StructuredPast exam questionForm 5 · BGCSE

Ethanol can be oxidised to ethanoic acid by warming with a solution of an oxidising agent in the presence of sulphuric acid.

  1. aName a suitable oxidising agent. [1]
  2. bDescribe the structure of ethanoic acid showing all the bonds between atoms (draw it on paper). [1]
  3. cSuggest the pH of aqueous ethanoic acid of concentration 1.0 mol/dm³. [1]
  4. dState one other reaction that ethanoic acid will undergo. [1]
  5. eComplete the table about the sources and uses of tartaric acid and citric acid. [4]

You'll mark your own answer against the marking guide when you hand it in.

Source: BEC BGCSE Chemistry 2009, Paper 3, Question 3(c)
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