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Butter is produced from...

Butter is produced from

A

Propanoic acid

B

Butyric acid

C

Pentanoic acid

D

Ethanoic acid

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The correct Answer is:
B
Butyric acid is a fatty acid occurring in the form of esters in animal fats in butter. When butter goes rancid, butyric acid is liberated from the glyceride by hydrolysis leading to the unpleasant odour
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