Write the condensed structural formulas of the principal products of the reaction that takes place when (a)

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Write the condensed structural formulas of the principal products of the reaction that takes place when

(a) Ethylene glycol, 1,2-ethanediol, is heated with stearic acid, CH3(CH2)16COOH;

(b) Ethanol is heated with oxalic acid, HOOCCOOH;

(c) 1- butanol is heated with propanoic acid.

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Chemical Principles The Quest For Insight

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