Which of the following compounds has sweet pleasant smell?

Ester

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Ethanol

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Both

A

and

B

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Both $A$ and $B$
Ethanol has a mild odor like wine or whisky. Esters have distinctive fruit like odors and many occur naturally in the essential oils of plants.e.g.butyl acetate has apple odor, butyl butyrate has pineapple odor.

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Which of the following compounds has sweet pleasant smell?

The correct option is C Both A and BEthanol has a mild odor like wine or whisky. Esters have distinctive fruit like odors and many occur naturally in the essential oils of plants.e.g.butyl acetate has apple odor, butyl butyrate has pineapple odor.

The correct option is C Both $A$ and $B$
Ethanol has a mild odor like wine or whisky. Esters have distinctive fruit like odors and many occur naturally in the essential oils of plants.e.g.butyl acetate has apple odor, butyl butyrate has pineapple odor.