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  • A compound X formed by the reaction of carboxylic acid having the molecular formula C2H4O2 and alcohol Y in the presence of concentrated H2SO4. the same carboxylic acid is obtained by the oxidation of alcohol Y . name the compound X and Y . give the chemi

A compound X formed by the reaction of carboxylic acid having the molecular formula C2H4O2 and alcohol Y in the presence of concentrated H2SO4. the same carboxylic acid is obtained by the oxidation of alcohol Y . name the compound X and Y . give the chemical equation for the reaction

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The compound 'X' is ethyl ethanoate.
The compound 'Y' is ethanol.

The reaction, thus, is given below:

\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOH}(\text { Carboxylic acid })+\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}(\text { ethanol }) \rightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}(\mathrm{Ethyl}\text { ethanoate) }

This reaction occurs in the existence of concentrated . And, on oxidation, ethanol gives carboxylic acid with alkaline .
This is an example of esterification reaction.  In this reaction, alcohols and phenols react with carboxylic acids, acid chlorides and acid anhydrides to form ester compounds.

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