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Hydrolysis of an ester in presence of NaOH is called saponification. Explain. 

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If the ester is the ester of higher acid, the hydrolysis of an ester with NaOH gives sodium salt of higher acid, Sodium salt of higher fatty acid is suap, so the reaction is saponification.
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