Organic Chemistry III

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Carboxylic Acids

Knowledge - Level 1

Terminology:

hydrophilic, hydrophobic
Fischer esterification
lactone
Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
decarboxylation

Concepts - Level 2

describe the factors that lead to the acidity of carboxylic acids

identify the effects of substituents on acidity

describe solubility properties and separation methods based on acid-base properties

Applications - Level 3

give complete names for multifunctional compounds, taking into account order of precedence

write products expected from typical reactions of carboxylic acids

select reagents and conditions appropriate for particular conversions

Analytical Skills - Level 4

write the details of a complete Fischer esterification mechanism

identify unknown compounds based on spectroscopic data

Synthetic Skills - Level 5

create an appropriate synthetic sequence to prepare a given target molecule