Question

What is esterification reaction.What is the saponification.Explain both the reaction with equation?

Answer 1

Esters can be cleaved back into a carboxylic acid and an alcohol by reaction with water and a base. The reaction is called a saponification from the Latin sapo which means soap. The name comes from the fact that soap used to me made by the ester hydrolysis of fats.
Conversion of carboxylic acids to esters using acid and alcohols (Fischer Esterification) by James. Description: When a carboxylic acid is treated with an alcohol and an acid catalyst, an ester is formed (along with water). This reaction is called the Fischer esterification.
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