QUESTIONS:

1. Why soap is referred as a “salt”?

Many soaps are simply neutralized, long chain carboxylic and or fatty acids. Usually neutralized
by some mineral base. The neutralization reaction of an acid and a base produces a salt. Soap
mixture of sodium salts from naturally occurring fatty acids.

2. What kind of molecular properties enable substances to dissolve in water?

Water is best at dissolving substances that have polar molecules, which have one side with a
slight negative charge and another side with a slight positive charge. The water molecule itself is
polar. The oxygen end has a slight negative charge, and the hydrogen ends have slight positive
charges. The attractive forces (called dipole-dipole forced) between the water and solute
molecules allow the substances to mix nicely.

3. Show the structure of reaction for saponification of ethyl acetate.