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2-Methyl-propanoic acid reacts with a saturated monohydric alcohol (A), which has a mass oxygen content of 34.78%.
1. Calculate the number of carbon atoms in saturated monohydric alcohol (A).
2. Write the equation for the esterification reaction between 2-methyl-propanoic acid and alcohol (A).
3. a. Write the equation for the reaction of 2-methyl-propanoic acid with magnesium. b. 2-methyl-propanoic acid reacts with 96 g of Mg. Calculate the volume of H₂ (measured under normal conditions) that is obtained stoichiometrically.
4. Arrange in order of increasing boiling point: methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol and methane. Justify your answer.
5. Indicate two structural particularities of soaps, due to which they have the property of changing the surface tension of liquids..​