Equation for carboxylic acids and their derivatives

Question

Write an equation for the reaction of ethanoic acid with sodium carbonate. How does this reaction compare with that of hydrochloric acid with sodium carbonate?

 

They look into: 

What does this tell you about the chemical properties of carboxylic acids?

Answer 1

Reno, please don't answer organic chemistry questions if you don't know the subject matter.

 

Mixing acetic acid with sodium bicarbonate doesn't yield "gaseous water." Also, you didn't actually answer the question and decided instead to list the first thing you found in Wikipedia about a dangerous reaction that has nothing to do with the fact that acetic acid and HCl react the same way because they are both stronger acids than the conjugate acid of bicarbonate.

Answer 2

Ethanoic acid is also known as acetic acid, the active ingredient in vinegar.

 

When acetic acid and sodium carbonate react at room temperature, gaseous water and gaseous carbon dioxide are produced.  (mix vinegar and sodium hydrogen carbonate, a.k.a. vinegar, and observe the gas bubbles that form).

 

If Ethanoic acid were to be heated in a basic solution at higher temperatures, A decarboxylation reaction might occur.