When dilute ethanoic acid reacts with sodium carbonate, sodium ethanoate, CH$_3$COONa, together with two further compounds, is produced.
(a)[2]
Write the balanced equation for this reaction.
(b)[2]
The reaction of dilute ethanoic acid with sodium carbonate is endothermic. Explain, in terms of bond breaking and bond making, why it is endothermic.
(c)[1]
Ethanoic acid reacts with alcohols to produce esters. Give one application of esters.
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