Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
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ISBN: 9781292089034
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 41P

Using an alcohol for one method and an alkyl halide for the other, show two ways to make each of the following esters:

  1. a. propyl acetate (odor of pears)
  2. b. isopentyl acetate (odor of bananas)
  3. c. ethyl butyrate (odor of pineapple)
  4. d. methyl phenylethanoate (odor of honey)
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