question_answer 78)

    (a) Write the formula and draw electron dot structure of carbon tetrachloride. (b) What is saponification? Write the reaction involved in this process.

Answer:

                  (a) The formula of carbon tetrachloride is . Its electron dot structure is as follows                 (b) Saponification Alkaline hydrolysis of an ester to give the salt of the corresponding acid and the alcohol is called saponification. It is reverse of esterification reaction. e.g., Dehydration means removal of a molecule of water. When ethanol is heated with cone. at 443 K, it undergoes dehydration to form ethene.