How Can You Convert a Carboxylic Acid into an Ester

question 49

Multiple Choice

How can you convert a carboxylic acid into an ester?

• A)Heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid.
• B)Deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.
• C)Deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
• D)Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
• E)Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.

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