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Carboxylic acids react with alcohols to form esters


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Solution

The correct option is A

True


Esterification is the general name for a chemical reaction in which two reactants (typically an alcohol and an acid) form an ester as the reaction product. Since the statement is an example of Esterification, it stands true.


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