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Define esterification and give one example ​

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Some esters can be prepared by ESTERIFICATION, a reaction in which a carboxylic acid and an alcohol, heated in the PRESENCE of a mineral acid catalyst, form an ester and water: The reaction is reversible. As a specific example of an esterification reaction, butyl acetate can be made from acetic acid and 1-butanol.                                                                                                      

Higher Classifications: Carboxylic acid.                                                                                                                                                                                            please MARK me as brainlist .



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