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Which product distills over when a mixture of absolute alcohol and glacial acetic acid is heated in presence of conc. `H_(2)SO_(4)` or dry hydrogen chloride gas ?

A

Acetoacetic ester

B

Ethyl acetate

C

Ethyl acetoacetate

D

Methyl acetoacetate

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B
`CH_(3)-overset(O)overset(||)(C)-OH+HOC_(2)H_(5)underset("dry HCl gas")overset(conc. H_(2)SO_(4))(rarr)CH_(3)-overset(O)overset(||)(C)-OC_(2)H_(5)+H_(2)O`
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