IGCSE Chemistry Specification

Edexcel 4CH1

Section 4: (g) Esters

Are you studying this syllabus?

You can track your progress by adding it to your account.

Add syllabus

#4.38C

know that esters contain the functional group

#4.39C

know that ethyl ethanoate is the ester produced when ethanol and ethanoic acid react in the presence of an acid catalyst

#4.40C

understand how to write the structural and displayed formulae of ethyl ethanoate

#4.41C

understand how to write the structural and displayed formulae of an ester,given the name or formula of the alcohol and carboxylic acid from which it is formed and vice versa

#4.42C

know that esters are volatile compounds with distinctive smells and are used as food flavourings and in perfumes

#4.43C

practical: prepare a sample of an ester such as ethyl ethanoate