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Acidity of Carboxylic Acids

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A compound 'X' when added to 'Y' produces another compound 'Z' which has a fruity smell. The next homologue of 'Z' has a metamer. Predict X, Y and Z and name the reaction. X' gives effervescence with $N a H C O_{3}$ .

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$X \to$ a carboxylic acid
$Y \to$ an alcohol
$Z \to$ ester compound

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