Question

What happens when ethanoic acid is reacted with sodium bicarbonate?

Answer 1

In general, acids react with metal bicarbonates produces carbon dioxide gas.

$\mathrm{Metal}\mathrm{bicarbonates}+\mathrm{acid}\to \mathrm{salt}+\mathrm{carbon}\mathrm{dioxide}\uparrow +\mathrm{water}$

Reaction between ethanoic acid and sodium bicarbonate

1. Ethanoic acid $\left(CH₃COOH\right)$ is a weak acid.
2. It reacts with sodium bicarbonate $\left(NaHCO₃\right)$ to form sodium acetate $\left(C{H}_{3}COONa\right)$ also called as sodium ethanoate.
3. It liberates carbon dioxide gas $\left(C{O}_2\right)$ and water $\left(H_{2}O\right)$ .

$$\begin{gathered} CH₃COOH \\ \left(Ethanoicccid\right) \end{gathered}$$ +$$\begin{gathered} NaHCO₃ \\ \left(sodiumbicarbonate\right) \end{gathered}$$ ⇢ $$\begin{gathered} C{H}_{3}COONa \\ \left(sodiumacetate\right) \end{gathered}$$ + $$\begin{gathered} H_{2}O \\ \left(Water\right) \end{gathered}$$+ $$\begin{gathered} C{O}_2\uparrow \\ \left(carbondioxide\right) \end{gathered}$$