WJEC A-level Chemistry 1410QS · 4.5(e)
Decarboxylation of carboxylic acids
- Code
- 4.5(e)
- In
- 4.5 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
- Topic
- 4 A2 Unit 4: Organic Chemistry and Analysis
- Course
- A-level Chemistry 1410QS
- Board
- WJEC
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Points in 4.5 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
- 4.5(a) Relative acidity of acids, phenols, alcohols and water
- 4.5(b) Formation of carboxylic acids by the oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes
- 4.5(c) Reduction of carboxylic acids using LiAlH4
- 4.5(d) Formation of aromatic carboxylic acids by the oxidation of methyl side-chains
- 4.5(e) Decarboxylation of carboxylic acids
- 4.5(f) Esters and acid chlorides from carboxylic acids
- 4.5(g) Conversion of carboxylic acids to amides and nitriles
- 4.5(h) Formation of nitriles from halogenoalkanes and hydroxynitriles from aldehydes and ketones
- 4.5(i) Hydrolysis of nitriles and amides
- 4.5(j) Reduction of nitriles using LiAlH4