Carboxylic acids react with alcohols to form :

alkene

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esters

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alkyne

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di-alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is A esters
Acids react with alcohol to form esters and it is known as esterification reaction.
$C_{2} H_{5} O H + C H_{3} C O O H \to {C H}_{3} {C O O C}_{2} H_{5} + H_{2} O$

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