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प्रश्न
How esters are prepared ?
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उत्तर
Esters are formed when an alcohol reacts with a carboxylic acid in the presence of an acidf catalyst.
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A student puts a drop of reaction mixture of a saponification reaction first a blue litmus paper and then on a red litmus paper. He may observe that:
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(b) There is no change in the red litmus paper and the blue litmus paper turns red.
(c) There is no change in the blue litmus paper and the red litmus paper turns blue.
(d) No change in colour is observed in both the litmus papers
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