What Is the Product of the Reaction of Pentanoic Acid

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is the product of the reaction of pentanoic acid with ethanol in the presence of a strong acid?

• A)ethyl pentanoate
• B)heptanoic acid
• C)pentyl ethanoate
• D)pentyl acetate

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A collection of numerical values from sample data, considered likely to include the value of a hidden population parameter.

Population Mean

The average of a set of characteristics or values for a population, calculated by summing all the values and dividing by the count of items in the population.

Splitting

In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the phenomenon where a signal is divided into multiple peaks due to interactions between neighboring nuclear spins.

Relative Area

A term often used in chromatography and spectroscopy to compare the size or intensity of features such as peaks or signals, relative to others in a dataset.