CBSE Class 10 Answered
What is esterificaion and saponification?Describe in Detail and also give reactions which are necessary for it?
Asked by Udit Lilhare | 30 Jan, 2014, 04:51: PM
Expert Answer
Esterification:
Acetic acid on treatment with alcohol in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid forms ester and the reaction is known as esterification.
Saponification:
A reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali, such as sodium hydroxide, producing a free alcohol and an salt is called saponification.
Answered by | 30 Jan, 2014, 04:59: PM