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What will be its chemical reaction and balanced equation?
Ethanol is warmed with ethanoic acid to form ethyl acetate in the presence of concentrated H2SO4

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Dear Student,

Following is the balanced equation of the chemical reaction when ethanol (C2H5OH) is warmed with ethanoic acid (CH3COOH) to form ethyl acetate(CH3COOC2H5 ) in the presence of concentrated H2SO4

C2H5OH + CH3COOH ---------------> CH3COOC2H5 + H2O

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