What ester is obtained when mixing propanoic acid with ethanol?
1 Answer
May 9, 2018
Ethyl propanoate
Explanation:
When forming an ester from an alcohol and carboxylic acid, the
The naming of an ester follows this:
In this case, the alcohol is ethanol, so we use ethyl. The carboxylic acid is propanoic acid, so we use propanoate.
This gives us ethyl propanoate.
