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Wat r ester

Wat r ester

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K RAJESH
37 Points
9 years ago
Ester is a sweet-smelling compound having pleasant smell and a essence of taste. it is formed when carboxylic acids react with alcohols. For example, when ethanoic acid reacts with ethanol, then it produces a sweet-smelling ester. C2H5OH + CH3COOH -----------------> CH3COOC2H5 + H2O mean, ethyl ethanoate and vapours are formed.
Indu
47 Points
9 years ago
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .

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