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- as one of the first anesthetics used for surgical procedures during the 1800s.
Ethyl Ether (ether)
are highly flammable and have been mostly replaced by other less-flammable anesthetics, such as nitrous oxide and halothane.
Ethyl Ether (ether)
- is a common ingredient as anesthesia in surgery.
Diethyl ether
- as a refrigerant and as a solvent at low temperature.
Dimethyl ether
- is common as a solvent for oils, gums, resins etc.
Diethyl ether
- as a heat transfer medium because of its high boiling point.
Phenyl ether
- (RCO2H)
Carboxylic Acid
are the most abundant of all organic compounds.
Carboxylic Acids
Contain an acyl group bonded to an electronegative atom or substituent that can act as a leaving group in substitution reactions.
Carboxylic Acids
- It contains the acyl group core structure attached to a Y group which will act as the leaving group in a nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction.
Carboxylic Acids
Carboxylic acids chief characteristic is its
acidity
Carboxylic acids react with bases such as
NaOH
they react with bases such as NaOH to produce
- metal carboxylate salts.
is the most reactive carboxylic acid derivative
Acyl Halide
is the least reactive
amide
- are good starting materials for synthesis.
Acid halides
- are important functional groups in biomolecules like fats and proteins.
Esters and amides
- yield the parent carboxylic upon reaction with water.
All carboxylic acid derivatives
Amide
Ester
