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

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Solution

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 $(N a O H)$ is added to ethyl ethanoate, an ester, we get sodium carboxylate and ethanol.

${CH}_{3} {COOC}_{2} H_{5} (aq) + NaOH (aq) - -- \to {CH}_{3} COONa (aq) + {CH}_{3} {CH}_{2} OH (aq) Ethyl ethanoate Sodium Sodium Ethanol hydroxide carboxylate$

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