Ethanoates

White crystals, m.p. 114" C. Manufactured by reacting aniline with excess ethanoic acid or ethanoic anhydride. Chief use is in the manufacture of dye intermediates such as p-nitro-acetanilide, p-nitroaniline and p-phenylene-diamine, in the manufacture of rubber, and as a peroxide stabilizer. 

Colourless, volatile liquid with a strong pearlike odour, b.p. 138-5 C. Manufactured by heating amyl alcohol (1-pentanol) with potassium ethanoate and sulphuric acid or by heating amyl alcohol with ethyl ethanoate in the presence of a little sulphuric acid. Commercial... 

Its chief importance is as a source of cinnamic acid by condensation with sodium ethan-oate and ethanoic anhydride and as a source of triphenylmethane dyestuffs by condensation with pyrogallol, dimethylaniline, etc. It is also used in the manufacture of perfumes. 

Be40(02CCH3)e. The acetate is typical of the basic beryllium carboxylates (Be(OH)2 plus ethanoic acid). The structures have O at the centre of a tetrahedron of Be with carb-oxylate spanning each edge of the tetrahedron. Be(02CCH3)2 is formed from BeCl2 and glacial ethanoic acid. 

CH2Br COOH. White crystalline solid, m.p. 50"C, b.p. 208 C. Soluble in water and alcohol. Prepared by the action of dry bromine on dry ethanoic acid in presence of small amounts of red phosphorus. Produces sores upon the skin used in chemical syntheses. See Reformatski reaction. 

The sodium ethanoate which is largely dissociated, serves as a source of ethanoate ions, which combine with any hydrogen ions which may be added to the solution to yield more of the acid. The addition of hydrogen ions has therefore much less effect on such a solution than it would have on water. In a similar manner, the solution of the salt of a strong acid and a weak base, in the presence of a weak base, has a pH that is insensitive to additions of alkali. 

Cellulose dissolves in strong mineral acids, in NaOH and in cuprammonium solution. It forms a triacetate (tri-ethanoate), a trinitrate... 

Trichloroethanoic acid, CCI3COOH. A crystalline solid which rapidly absorbs water vapour m.p. 58°C, b.p. 196-5" C. Manufactured by the action of chlorine on ethanoic acid at 160°C in the presence of red phosphorus, sulphur or iodine. It is decomposed into chloroform and carbon dioxide by boiling water. It is a much stronger acid than either the mono- or the dichloro-acids and has been used to extract alkaloids and ascorbic acid from plant and animal tissues. It is a precipitant for proteins and may be used to test for the presence of albumin in urine. The sodium salt is used as a selective weedkiller. 

Cr(02CCH3)2]2,2H20. Red insoluble compound formed from sodium ethanoate and CrC)2 in aqueous solution. The most stable Cr(II) compound contains a Cr —Cr bond, chromium fluorides... 

Prepared by healing benzaldehyde with sodium ethanoate and ethanoic anhydride (Perkin reaction) or with ethyl ethanoate and sodium ethoxide. Occurs in storax, or liquid... 

Curtius transformation An alternative to the Hofmann transformation for obtaining an amine from an ester via the hydrazide, azide and isocyanate. Thus ethyl ethanoate is converted into melhylamine by the following series of reactions ... 

The base used is most often benzyltrimelhyl-ammonium hydroxide, but aqueous or ethano-lic alkali is suitable. In addition to compounds... 

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