Chemistry·Organic chemistry · NSSCO 10.7
Esters
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The sweet smell of pear drops, pineapple and nail varnish — that's esters. Learn how an ester is made by reacting a carboxylic acid with an alcohol, meet ethyl ethanoate, and discover why esters are used as flavours and fragrances.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Chemistry 10.7):
- Describe the formation of ethyl ethanoate by the reaction of ethanoic acid with ethanol
- State uses of esters (e.g. flavours and fragrances)
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