Formic acid: It is used
- for the dehydration of hides
- as a coagulating agent for rubber latex
- in medicine for the treatment of gout
- as an antiseptic in the preservation of fruit juice.
Acetic acid: It is used
- as table vinegar
- for coagulating rubber latex
- for manufacture of cellulose acetate and poly vinylacetate.
Benzoic acid: It is used
- as food preservation either in the pure form or in the form of sodium benzoate
- in medicine as an urinary antiseptic
- for manufacture of dyes.
Acetyl chloride: It is used
- as acetylating agent in organic synthesis
- in detection and estimation of —OH, — NH2 groups in organic compounds.
Acetic anhydride: It is used
- acetylating agent
- in the preparation of medicine like asprin and phenacetin
- for the manufacture plastics like cellulose acetate and poly vinyl acetate.
Ethyl acetate is used
- in the preparation of artificial fruit essences
- as a solvent for lacquers
- in the preparation of organic synthetic reagent like ethyl acetoacetate.
Uses:
Acetamide is used in the preparation of primary amines.