Question

Define saponificcation​

Answer 1

hydrolysis of a fat by an alkali with the formation of a soap and glycerol. 2 : the hydrolysis especially by an alkali of an ester into the corresponding alcohol and acid broadly : hydrolysis.

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Answer 2

it's a reaction in which ester is added with NaOH(sodium hydroxide) to obtain soap which is obtain in the form sodium acetate and ethyl alcohol

Reaction- CH3COOCH2CH3+NaOH------CH3CH2OH+CH3COONa