CAIE A Level Chemistry 9701 · Carboxylic acids and derivatives
Propyl propanoate can be made by reacting propan-1-ol with propanoic acid, and can be hydrolysed back to the alcohol and acid.
Compare the reaction conditions used to make propyl propanoate from propan-1-ol and propanoic acid with the conditions used to hydrolyse propyl propanoate to propanoic acid and propan-1-ol.
In your answer, name the reagents and catalysts for each reaction and state the conditions of temperature (or heat) required.
5 marks, so the mark scheme is looking for about 5 separate creditworthy points. Making the same point twice in different words earns it once.
Compare means: Give similarities or differences between two things, and say which side each point belongs to. Write each point as a pair, for example: A is X, whereas B is Y. Two separate descriptions rarely earn the marks.
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