GENERAL PROPERTIES OF ACIDS

Acids have a sour taste (such as vinegar and lemon). 

Acids react with active metals and produce hydrogen gas. For example, 2Al(s) -H 3H2S04(aq) Al2(S04)3(aq) -h 3H2(g) 

Acids react with bases to produce salt and water. This reaction is called a neutralization reaction. 

Inert metals (Cu, Hg, Ag, Pt, Au) do not react with binary acids (HCI, HBr...). Cu, Hg and Ag can react with strong oxyacids such as HNO3 and H2SO4. For example, 

Acids react with the carbonate saits of metais. For example, 

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General Properties of Acids and Bases Bronsted Acids and Bases Acid-Base Neutralization Acid-Base Reactions Leading to Gas Formation... 

Compare the general properties of acids with the general properties of bases. 

What are some general properties of acids Include both chemical and physical properties in your answer. 

Hydrolysis of ethyl 4-methyl-2,5-thiazole dicarboxylate (9) or dicar-boxylic acid dichloride gives an excellent yield of 4-methyl-5 thiazole carboxylic acid (10) instead of the dicarboxylic acid (Scheme 6). This lability is a general Property of 2-thiazolecarboxylic acids. 

Alkyd resins are usually referred to by a brief description based on certain classification schemes. Erom the classification the general properties of the resin become immediately apparent. Classification is based on the nature of the fatty acid and oil length. 

More frequentiy, alkyd resias are described by a combiaed classification ia terms of thek oil length, the type of fatty acids, and any unusual kigredients. Such descriptions as an isophthaUc, very long tall oil alkyd a medium oil dehydrated castor-PE ( pentaerythritol, not polyethylene) alkyd or a short oil lauric-ben2oic alkyd, immediately project the general properties of the reski. 

Gothelf presents in Chapter 6 a comprehensive review of metal-catalyzed 1,3-di-polar cycloaddition reactions, with the focus on the properties of different chiral Lewis-acid complexes. The general properties of a chiral aqua complex are presented in the next chapter by Kanamasa, who focuses on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrones, nitronates, and diazo compounds. The use of this complex as a highly efficient catalyst for carbo-Diels-Alder reactions and conjugate additions is also described. 

A general property of aldehydes and ketones is that when heated with hydrocyanic acid, additive compounds, termed nitriles or cyanohydrins, are produced, according to the general equations—... 

To understand the extraordinary potential for DNA to be utilized as a material in construction processes, the general properties of this biomolecule will first be discussed. In addition, examples of naturally occurring nucleic acid-based nanostructures will be described that are of great importance both for cellular processes and conventional applications in molecular biotechnology. 

Xylan has the general properties of insolubility in water, solubility in alkaline solutions, ease of acid hydrolysis, high negative optical rotation, and non-reducing action toward Fehling s solution. It can be placed in three general polysaccharide classes (1) pentosan, (2) glycan, and (3) hemicellulose. It is classed as a pentosan because it is principally a polymer of a pentose. It is by far the most abundant pentosan. 

The unequal basicities of the three nitranilines can be illustrated by the following experiment. It is a general property of the salts of weak bases—as well as of weak acids—that in aqueous solution they are stable only if an excess of acid (or alkali) is present. When such solutions are diluted with water hydrolysis occurs as a result of the operation of the law of mass action. In the present case this phenomenon shows itself in the appearance of the yellow colour characteristic of the bases and finally, since the nitranilines are sparingly soluble in water, in their precipitation in crystalline form. The weaker the base the smaller is the amount of water which must be added in order to make the hydrolysis perceptible. 

Permittivity measurements have been used to study hydrogen bonding of phenol or carboxylic acids with trialkylphosphine oxides (154). The results can be explained in terms of a simple electrostatic model. The properties of trimethylphosphine oxide were different from the general properties of the series.189... 

Syntheses of phenoxy-substituted polynaphthylimides and polyperyleneimides were carried out in accordance with Scheme 5.4 [37, 38]. All polycondensation reactions were carried out under high-temperature solution polycondensation conditions in phenolic solvents (w-cresol, m- or p-chlorophenols) using benzimidazole and benzoic acid as catalysts. All the reactions proceeded homogeneously and led to the formation of deeply coloured polymers. General properties of the polymers are listed in Table 5.6. 

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