Question

Saponification reaction involves the formation of and ethanol, when ethyl ethanoate reacts with sodium hydroxide.

• A. sodium carboxylate
• B. ether
• C. aldehyde

Answer 1

The correct option is A sodium carboxylate

Spaonification refers to the hydrolysis of an ester in the presence of a strong base.
For example, when a strong base like sodium hydroxide $\left(NaOH\right)$ is added to ethyl ethanoate, an ester, we get sodium carboxylate and ethanol.

${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{COOC}}_2{H}_5\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)+\mathrm{NaOH}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)\underset{}{\overset{}{\to }}{\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{COONa}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)+{\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{OH}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)\mathrm{Ethyl}\mathrm{ethanoate}\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{Ethanol}\mathrm{hydroxide}\mathrm{carboxylate}$