Minimum number of carbon atoms present in an ester
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that is methyl methanoate ...
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The minimum number of carbon atoms present in an ester is 2.
Ester is has a general formula RCOOR' where R may be "a hydrogen atom", an alkyl group or an aryl group. R' must be "an alkyl group or an aryl group" but it cannot "be a hydrogen atom". If R' were also "a hydrogen atom the compound" formed would be carboxylic acid.
This means that an ester can have a minimum of 2 carbon atoms. In different esters, "the total number of carbon atoms" can vary.
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