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In the production of ethanol by fermentation, why is the process done in the absence of air?

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2. What is the functional group of alcohols?

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3. What observation is made when an aqueous solution of a carboxylic acid reacts with a metal? What product is responsible for this observation?

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4. What type of reaction is esterification (the making of an ester)?

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5. Name this molecule

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6. Which ester is produced when ethanol and ethanoic acid react in the presence of an acid catalyst?

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7. Of which homologous series is -COO- the functional group?

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8. Vinegar is an aqueous solution which always includes which compound?

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9. State the name of the reaction used to manufacture ethanol from sugars.

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10. What is the functional group of a carboxylic acid?

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11. Write the structural formula for ethyl ethanoate

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12. Name 2 uses of esters

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13. Give the name of C₃H₈O

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14. One way for ethanol to be oxidised, forming ethanoic acid, is to add potassium dichromate(VI) and what else?

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