Which carboxylic acid and alcohol pair should be used to obtain the following ester? #"H"_3"C"("H"_2"C")_2"C"(="O")-"O"-"CH"_2"CH"_3#

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anor277
May 22, 2018

#"Butyric acid"# and #"ethyl alcohol..."#

Explanation:

Esterification follows the reaction....

#underbrace(ROH + HO(O=)CR')_"alcohol + acid"stackrel(Delta)rarrunderbrace(RO_2(O=)CR'+H_2O)_"ester + water"#

We got #"ethyl butyrate"# as the ester...

#"H"_3"CCH"_2"O(O=)C(CH"_2")"_2"CH"_3#...and clearly this derives from #"ethyl alcohol"# .. #"H"_3"CCH"_2"OH"# and #"butyric acid"#, #"HO(O=)CCH"_2"CH"_2"CH"_3#...

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