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Acidity of Carboxylic Acids

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What happens when acetic acid is treated with ethanol in the presence of concentrated $H_{2} S O_{4}$ ? Give the equation of the reaction.

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On reaction between ethanol and acetic acid in presence of concentrated $H_{2} S O_{4}$ gives a sweet smelling ester like process is called esterification. It is a reversible reaction as given above.

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