EXPERIMENT NO - 1 (CARBOXYLIC ACID

AIM TO DETERMINE THE FUNCTIONAL GROUP PRESEN

MATERIALS REQUIRED
PRELIMINARY TEST
COLOUR COLOURLESS
ODOUR VINEGAR LIKE SMELL
SOLUBILITY SOLUBLE IN WATER

S.NO. EXPERIMENT
LITMUS TEST :- PLACE A
DROP OF ORGANIC
1 COMPOUND ON RED AND
BLUE LITMUS PAPER

BAYER'S TEST :- 1ML OF

2 O.C. + ALKALINE KMnO4

SODIUM BI CARBONATE
TEST :- 1 ML OF O.C. AND
ADD A PINCH OF NaHCo3 &
3 COLLECT THE GAS THAN
PASS IT THROUGH LIME
WATER
 ESTER TEST :- 1ML OF O.C. +
1ML ALCOHOL + 1-2 DROP
OF CONC. SULPHURIC ACID
THAN HEAT IT ON WATER
4 BATH, POUR THE CONTENTS
IN A BEAKER CONTAINING
WATER

RESULT
MENT NO - 1 (CARBOXYLIC ACID)

THE FUNCTIONAL GROUP PRESENT IN THE GIVEN SAMPLE.

Test Tube , NaHCo3 , Litmus Paper, Ethyl Alchohol.

OBSERVATION INFERANCE

BLUE LITMUS PAPER TURNS CARBOXYLIC ACID (-COOH)

RED MAY BE PRESENT

THE GIVEN COMPOUND IS

NO CHANGE IN COLOUR
SATURATED

BRISK EFFERVESENCE IS
SEEN DUE TO EVOLUTION CARBOXYLIC ACID (-COOH)
OF Co2 GAS , WHICH TURNS CONFIRMED.
LIME WATER MILKY
 CARBOXYLIC ACID (-COOH)
FRUITY SMELL
CONFIRMED.

THE GIVEN ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINS

CARBOXYLIC ACID (-COOH) GROUP.