I really appreciate the help. Thank you for anything you can give to help me out with this question.
7 Answers
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C2H5OH(ethanol)
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Remember, always OR part of an ester comes from alcohol i.e in R’COOR
R’ come from carboxylic acid and R comes from alcohol
To find alcohol responsible for the formation of ester just add OH to R i.e ROH
In C2H5COOC2H5
R = C2H5 so alcohol is C2H5OH (ethanol)
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acid (carboxylic acid) + alcohol gives ester
they gave you the acid, they gave you the ester, you can easily see the alcohol is ethanol
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ethanol
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2C2H5COOH + 3C2H5OH = 3C2H5COOC2H5. Here’s what I got. It’s ethanol.
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CH3CH2OH ie ethanol
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C2H5OH
