Present the partial oxidation formula depicting the oxidation of ethanol into ethanal, also called acetaldehyde. Outline how the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase metabolizes the alcohol into acetaldehyde, and then the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase oxidizes that into acetyl coenzyme A. Present the physiological effects acetaldehyde has on the body. Present how the drug disulfuram inhibits the conversion of acetaldehyde to coenzyme A which causes severe nausea and vomiting, This acts as the stimulus for alcoholics not to drink when they are on the drug.
Introduce carboxylic acids, the functional group and nomenclature. Outline the formation of organic salts from these acids, along with their ionization.