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i. Using carbon skeletal notation, write the dehydration-condensation reaction that occurs between ethanol and butanoic acid.

ii. What is the name of this ester?

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Answer:

In the esterification reaction, an OH from the molecule acid and H from the alcohol form a molecule of water.

Ethanol and butanoic acid forms ethyl butanoate

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