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The smell of old books is due to hundreds of volatile organic compounds that form from the slow degradation of the book s paper and other materials used in its construction. Acetic acid (vinegar) and furfural (smells like almonds) are two common chemicals ascribed to the smell of old books. Scientists can tmalyze the volatile compounds to identify the materials used without having to destroy a part of the historical document. 

Weak acids are usually organic chemicals, e.g. acetic acid (vinegar) and citric acid (fruit juices). Exceptions are nitrous (HNO2) and sulphurous (H2SO3) acids, which are stable only in solution, where they are slightly dissociated. Solutions of carbon dioxide behave as weak acids, because they have extremely low carbonic acid contents ... 

Acetobacter species Produce acetic acid (vinegar) and ropiness. Aerobes so bmited to certain... 

Carboxylic acids often have strong odors, especially the volatile derivatives. Most common are acetic acid (vinegar) and butyric acid (rancid butter). On the other hand, esters of carboxylic acids tend to have pleasant odors and many are used in perfumes. 

The sugars in fruits such as grapes are feimented by yeasts to produce wines. In winemaking, lactic acid bacteria convert malic acid into lactic acid in malolactic fermentation in fruits with high acidity. Acetobacter and Gluconobacter oxidise ethanol in wine to acetic acid (vinegar). 

Even aspirin tablets that have been stored under less than ideal conditions and, therefore, have absorbed some water from the atmosphere, are likely to have suffered partial hydrolysis. The characteristic odour of acetic acid (vinegar) from a bottle of aspirin tablets will be an indicator that some hydrolysis has occurred. 

Examples of acids, (a) Citrus fruits contain many types of acids, including ascorbic acid, C6H8Og, which is vitamin C. (b) Vinegar contains acetic acid, C2H4O2, and can be used to preserve foods, (c) Many toilet bowl cleaners are formulated with hydrochloric acid, HC1. 

Acetic acid (pure and as vinegar) and calcium, potassium, and sodium acetates, as well as sodium diacetate, serve as antimicrobial agents. In the United States, vinegar can contain no less than 4 grams of acetic acid per 100 milliliters of product Acetic acid and calcium acetate are most effective against yeasts and bacteria, and to a lesser extent, molds. The diacetate is effective against both rope and mold in bread. It is interesting to note llial die antimicrobial effectiveness of acetic acid and its salts is increased as the pH is lowered. 

In this experiment the acetic acid molecules and the water molecules are removed by evaporation. In evaporation, liquid molecules are changed into gas molecules. Heat helps speed up the conversion of liquid molecules into gas molecules. This is why vinegar evaporates when placed in a warm spot. 

These reactions are also acid-base interactions. One of these that may immediately come to mind in this category is a reaction that you more than likely did as a child—mixing vinegar and baking soda. Now that you are an AP Chemistry student, you know that you were really mixing acetic acid, HC2H302, and sodium bicarbonate, NaHC03. When these two substances are mixed, the reaction proceeds as follows ... 

The acetic acid bacteria are introduced either as mother of vinegar or as a liquid culture. Small producers often use mother of vinegar. This consists of acetic acid bacteria and slime bacteria. The latter are responsible for the consistency of the mother of vinegar. They also produce metabolites, however, and for this reason acetic fermentation by mother of vinegar is not always completely pure in tone. 

Similarly in a dilute solution of acetic acid (vinegar) only about 1% of the acetic acid molecules are dissociated into hydrogen ions and acetate ions, the remaining 99% being present as undissociated HCgHgOo molecules. 

Several other organic acids are also made commercially on a large scale by microbial techniques. Some of the better known examples of these are acetic acid (vinegar) via the metabolism of alcohol in water by Acetobacter aceti, and lactic acid (Eq. 16.33), produced by Streptococcus lactis fermentation of hexose sugars. 

The double arrow generally signifies that the reaction occurs in both directions and that the forward reaction does not go to completion. All of us are familiar with solutions of acetic acid. Vinegar is 5% acetic acid by mass. Our use of oil and vinegar as a salad dressing suggests that acetic acid is a weak acid we could not safely drink a 5% solution of any strong acid. To be specific, acetic acid is 0.5% ionized (and 99.5% nonionized) in 5% solution. 

Now the equation tells us that mixing an aqueous solution of acetic acid (vinegar) with solid sodium hydrogen carbonate (baking soda) results in the formation of an aqueous solution of sodium acetate, liquid water, and carbon dioxide gas. If you had examined this equation before you mixed vinegar and baking soda, you could have predicted that bubbles would form. 

Aspirin is an ester. In the presence of moisture, such as a humid climate, under prolonged conditions, it can hydrolyze by nucleophilic acyl substitution to an acid and alcohol. The acid formed is acetic acid, vinegar acid. 

When dry acetate of copper is distilled, a blue, strongly acid liquid passes over this, upon rectification, yields a colorless, mobile liquid, which boils at 56° (132. 8 F.), has a peculiai odor, and is a mixture of acetic acid, water, and acetone, known as radical vinegar... 

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