What products are obtained when amyl acetate is hydrolyzed under acidic condtions?

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anor277
Jul 9, 2017

The products are #"pentanol"# and #"acetic acid"#.

Explanation:

And we can represent this reverse esterification reaction by the reaction.....

#H_3C-C(=O)OC_5H_11 +H_3O^+ stackrel(Delta,H_2O)rarrH_3C-CO_2H + HOC_5H_11#

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