Question

what is saponification reaction ?​

Answer 1

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Esters can be cleaved back into a carboxylic acid and an alcohol byreaction with water and a base. Thereaction is called a saponificationfrom the Latin sapo which means soap. The name comes from the fact that soap used to me made by the ester hydrolysis of fats

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Answer 2

when sodium hydroxide is passed through in Ester sodium ethanoate that is a carboxylic acid salt an alcohol is form this reaction is called saponification reaction it is called saponification because this reaction is used in the formation of soap