NEET Chemistry · Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Ethanoic acid (CH3COOH): structure and reactions
Study its functional group, hybridisation, geometry, NCERT chemistry, and high-yield conversions.
Open the interactive 3D moleculeStructure of Ethanoic acid
- Functional group
- Carboxylic acid (-COOH)
- Chapter
- Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
- Hybridisation
- The carboxyl carbon is sp2 hybridised
- Geometry
- The carboxyl group is approximately planar
NCERT core
Carboxylic acids are more acidic than alcohols because their conjugate bases are resonance stabilised.
NEET exam focus
For NEET, learn the NCERT statement, reagent, condition, reaction type, and direct product associated with Ethanoic acid.