What ester is obtained when mixing propanoic acid with ethanol?

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1s2s2p
May 9, 2018

Ethyl propanoate

Explanation:

When forming an ester from an alcohol and carboxylic acid, the R1COO− group from the carboxlyic acid combine with the R2CH2+ group from the alcohol, to form R1COOCH2R2

The naming of an ester follows this:
group attached to OH−yl group attached to COOH−oate

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.

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