How is sodium acetate named from acetic acid?

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oxidation of alcohols — carboxylic acid Alcohols may be oxidized to give aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids. The oxidation of organic compounds generally increases the number of bonds from carbon to oxygen, and it may decrease the number of bonds to hydrogen.

To name the salt sodium acetate from acetic acid, you apply the standard nomenclature rules for carboxylic acid salts.

The name of the anion is derived by replacing the "-ic acid" suffix of the common name with "-ate." Therefore, when acetic acid reacts to form a salt, the "ic acid" ending is dropped and replaced with "ate," resulting in "acetate." When naming the full salt, the cation—in this case, sodium—is placed first, followed by the name of the anion.1