CAIE IGCSE Chemistry: Esterification Question Bank
Practise ester formation from carboxylic acids and alcohols, including naming reactants, products, catalysts and structures.
- Syllabus
- 2026–2028
- Course
- Chemistry 0620
Exam points
- name the carboxylic acid and alcohol that form a given ester structure or name
- state an acid catalyst, often sulfuric acid, and water as the other product
- deduce the ester structural formula from an alcohol and a carboxylic acid
11.7.3—Reaction of a carboxylic acid with an question 1
The table shows the structures of four hydrocarbons.
The structure shows an ester.
Write the word equation for a reaction which could be used to make this ester.
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