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What is esterification?
Think about the components involved in the reaction.
Name one application of esters.
Consider what smells good or tastes sweet.
What do alcohols and carboxylic acids produce when they react?
What are the products when you combine these two reactants?
True or False: Esterification is a reversible reaction.
Consider how the reaction proceeds.
Propose an esterification reaction using butanol and acetic acid and draw the structural formula of the ester formed.
Identify the functional groups before and after the reaction.
Explain why the reaction of phenol with acetic anhydride is preferred over acetic acid for forming phenyl acetate.
Consider the effect of the functional groups present.
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