INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions
1. (a)Define Esterification(b) Write the chemical equation for the formation of named alkanoate(c) State what is observed if a primary alkanol reacted with excess acidified KMnO4 solution(d) Write the structure and IUPAC name of one alkanoic acid with the molecular formular C4H8O2 2. An alkanoic acid Y has a relative molecular mass of 74.(a) state the functional group of Y(b) what type of reaction is involved when Y is converted to an alkanoate?(c) Determine the structural formula of Y(d) write an equation for the reaction between Y and sodium(e) if X in (a) above boils at 1180C and belongs to the same homologous series as Y, state with reason, whether the boiling point of Y will be equal to, higher or lower than 1180C
