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Explain ‘esterification’ reaction with an example.

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Alcohols react with carboxylic acids in the presence of an acid to give esters.
`CH_(3)-underset("ethanol")(CH_(2))-OH + underset("ethanoiacid")(HO -overset(O)overset(||)C)-CH_(3) overset(H^(+)) to underset("ethylethanoate") overset(O)overset(||)C-O -CH_(3) -CH_(3)`
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