Question

what happens when ethanol is warmed with ethanoic acid in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid write a balanced chemical equation

Answer 1

When ethanol is burnt with ethanoic acid in presence of concentrated sulphuric acid then a sweet smelling ester called ethyl ethanoate is formed

The balanced chemical equation for this is

Ch3chooh +c2h5oh in presence of h2so4 gives ch3cooh +h2o

This process is called esertification.it is also used as test for ethanoic acid

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