Substance X is an active ingredient of alcoholic drinks Substance Y is widely used as preservative of pickles - Science - Chemical Reactions and Equations

Question

Substance X is an active ingredient of alcoholic drinks
Substance Y is widely used
as preservative of pickles X reacts with Y to produce Z with fruity
smell a) Name Zb) Name the reaction c) Write a chemical equation
for the above reaction

Karan Sathiayan · Accepted Answer

X-Ethanol
Y-Ethanoic acid
Z-Ester
Reaction-C2H5OH+CH3COOH GIVES CH3COOC2H5+H2O+CO2
This reaction is called Esterfication

Substance X is an active ingredient of alcoholic drinks. Substance Y is widely usedas preservative of pickles .X reacts with Y to produce Z with fruity smell.a) Name Zb) Name the reaction.c) Write a chemical equation for the above reaction.

Substance X is an active ingredient of alcoholic drinks. Substance Y is widely used
as preservative of pickles .X reacts with Y to produce Z with fruity smell.a) Name Zb) Name the reaction.c) Write a chemical equation for the above reaction.