Chemistry 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Hydrogenation, Oxidation State, Hydrophile

• School: Western University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: Chemistry 1027A/B
• Professor: Mel Usselman

Document Summary

Key concepts in organic chemistry: carboxylic acids (usselman version) The carboxylic acid functional group results from the connection of a carbonyl functional group to a hydroxyl group. This implies the fact that carboxylic acids will do hydroxyl reactions, carbonyl group reactions and the oh can function as a good lg if protonated. In iupac nomenclature, the cooh is always given priority, the c of the cooh is #1, and the e in the word alkane is changed to oic acid. The very simple acids are known by their common names (formic acid, acetic acid and oxalic acid). If a molecule contains a c = 0 in addition to an acyl group, its position is noted by the prefix oxo. In carboxylic acids, the polar bonds are located at one end of the molecule, termed the hydrophilic end, which strongly interacts with water.