Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Carboxylic acids and derivatives

Carboxylic acids and derivatives — practice question

A carboxylic acid, P, cannot form any chain isomers. It reacts with an alcohol, Q, which has only one positional isomer. What ester could be produced by a reaction between P and Q?

  • Abutyl propanoate
  • Bethyl butanoate
  • Cpentyl ethanoate
  • Dpropyl pentanoate

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