An acid reacts with isotopically labelled methanol to produce:

methyl acetate having the labeled oxygen

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water having all the labelled oxygen

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both methyl acetate and water contain isotopic oxygen

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no esterification

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Solution

The correct option is A methyl acetate having the labeled oxygen
$C H_{3} C O O H + C H_{3} O^{18} H \to C H_{3} C O O^{18} C H_{3} + H_{2} O$
hence option (A) is correct.

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