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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question
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Question

Acetic anhydride reacts with ethanal to give
Options
A Methyl acetate
B Methyl propanoate
C Ethyl acetate
Correct Answer
D Ethyl propanoate
Correct Answer

Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Acetic anhydride reacts with ethanol (ethanal is a typo; it should be ethanol) to give ethyl acetate. Acetic anhydride + ethanol → ethyl acetate + acetic acid.

Hint

What ester is formed from acetic anhydride and ethanol?

Question Info

Course: CHM 102
Topic: Practice Questions
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 1434 of 1999
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