At the end of this activity, students should be able to describe the general structure of carboxylic acids, name carboxylic acids according to the IUPAC rules, explain how the physical properties of carboxylic acids are a result of the structure of the carboxyl group, explain the acidic properties of carboxylic acids and discuss how the structure of an acid affects its acidic strength, describe the properties of the salts of carboxylic acids and the typical reactions of carboxylic acids, describe preparative methods for carboxylic acids and indicate the natural sources of carboxylic acids.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.