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Organic
Chemistry III
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Professor
Carl C. Wamser
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Chapter
19 Skills
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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
