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Area 2: Nature's Chemistry
Quick questions on Esters, fats and oils: condensation and hydrolysis - SQA Higher Chemistry
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Name the type of reaction used to make an ester from an alcohol and a carboxylic acid. [1 mark]
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Explain why an oil is a liquid at room temperature but a fat is a solid. [2 marks]
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Hydrolysis of an ester gives of ethanoic acid (). Calculate the moles of acid formed. [1 mark]
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