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What happens when ethanol is warmed with ethanoic acid in thr presence of few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid ? Give equation of the reaction and the name of the product formed.

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Solution :When ETHANOL REACTS with ethanoic acid on warming with conc. `H_(2)SO_(4)`, sweet smelling ESTER is formed.
`CH_(3)COOH + C_(2)H_(5)OH rarr UNDERSET("Ester")(CH_(3)COOC_(2)H_(5))+H_(2)O`
The name of the product is ethyl ethanoate.


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