Determine why the sodium acetate does not act as soap


1) Illustrate the mechanism for saponification.

2) Determine why the sodium acetate does not act as soap?

3) The detergents contains some of the compounds that have a suffocate group on its place of a carboxylate. Identifies that why do detergents work better comparison the soaps at all the pH ranges?

4) Explain in detail that why wouldn't you want to keep the "banana oil" or isopentylacetate  into this saponification reaction?

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Chemistry: Determine why the sodium acetate does not act as soap
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