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Question
State are relevant observations for following reactant:
Addition of ethyl alcohol to acetic acid in presence of conc. H2SO4
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Solution
On addition of ethyl alcohol to acetic acid in the presence of conc. H2SO4 at high temperature, sweet smelling ethyl acetate ester is produced, and the process is known as esterification.
\[\ce{C2H5OH + CH3COOH ->[ConcH2SO4] CH3COOC3H5 + H2O}\]
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