Alcohols and carboxylic acids
Free ESAT Chemistry lesson. Worked examples, common mistakes and a self-check.
What the lesson covers
- The alcohols: a homologous series with the \ce{-OH} group
- Reactions of alcohols
- Making ethanol: hydration and fermentation
- Carboxylic acids
- Weak acids and their reactions
- Esters
- Putting it together: working out the unknown
- Self-check questions with answers (8)
Specification: C13.5-13.6 (with C13.1). Codes follow the UAT-UK ESAT content specification.
How to use it
- Read a section, then cover the worked example and try it yourself.
- Check the common mistakes list: these are the slips the real test is built to catch.
- Do the self-check without looking back. Mark it against the answers.
- Then practise the topic under time, with the matching practice set.
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