When ethanol is mixed with ethanoic acid a fruity smell is produced what is the reaction and what is formed.????
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When ethanol and Carboxylic acid is react it formed Esters which gives the fruity smell
_______________________________ C2H5OH + CH3COOH ----------:: CH3COOCH2CH3 + H2O
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_______________________________ C2H5OH + CH3COOH ----------:: CH3COOCH2CH3 + H2O
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the reaction is esterification
the compound formed is ethyl ethanoate
CH3COOH + C2H5OH -------> CH3COOC2H5 +H2O
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