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When an ester is heated with dilute sodium hydroxide (an alkali) solution, it gets converted back to the original alcohol and sodium salt of the original carboxylic acid. Such a reaction is known as saponification.
`"Ester"+"Sodium hydroxide"overset("Heat")rarr "Sodium carboxylate "+"Alcohol"`
E.g. Ethyl ethanoate and soidum hydroxide react to give sodium ethanoate and ethanol.
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