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Esters
Attractive smells in perfumes = esters.
Also used as flavourings in sweets.
You can smell esters because their molecules escape easily.
Ethanoic Acid (acid)
- + Ethanol (alcohol)
- = Ethyl Ethanoate (ester)
- + Water
- = Ethyl Ethanoate (ester)
- + Ethanol (alcohol)
Reactions of alcohol and carboxylic acid make long-chain esters. This is a polyester.
Long-chain molecules = made into fibres = woven into fabric
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- GCSE Extension Chemistry Mind Map on Esters, created by livmills97 on 16/03/2014.
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- livmills97 · Mar 2014
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