Write the names of:

(a) first three members of carboxylic acid series.

(b) three compounds which can be oxidised directly, or in stages to produce acetic acid.

(a) Give the structural formulae of acetic acid.

(b) IUPAC name of acetic acid.

(c) What is glacial acetic acid?

Complete:

(a) Vinegar is prepared by the bacterial oxidation of ……………

(b) The organic acid present in vinegar is ……………

(c) The next higher homologue of ethanoic acid is ……………

How is acetic acid prepared from

(a) Ethanol

(b) Acetylene