Question

Q. what is saponification reaction.
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Answer 1

sᴀᴘᴏɴɪғɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇs ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀsɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ғᴀᴛ, ᴏɪʟ ᴏʀ ʟɪᴘɪᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ sᴏᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴀϙᴜᴇᴏᴜs ᴀʟᴋᴀʟɪ (ᴇ.ɢ. ɴᴀᴏʜ). sᴏᴀᴘs ᴀʀᴇ sᴀʟᴛs ᴏғ ғᴀᴛᴛʏ ᴀᴄɪᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ғᴀᴛᴛʏ ᴀᴄɪᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴏᴄᴀʀʙᴏxʏʟɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏɴ ᴄʜᴀɪɴs (ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ 10) ᴇ.ɢ. sᴏᴅɪᴜᴍ ᴘᴀʟᴍɪᴛᴀᴛᴇ.

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Answer 2

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$\dashrightarrow$ Saponification is the hydrolysis of an ester under acidic or basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of a carboxylic acid. Saponification is commonly used to refer to the reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap.

$\dashrightarrow$Example: Ethanoic acid reacts with alcohols in the presence of a conc.