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What major types of food are esters?
Esters are flavorings. They are also used with perfumes.
What are esters used for?
Mainly as solvents for other synthesis.
What is the purpose of esters in humans?
Esters with low molecular weight are commonly used as fragrances and found in essential oils and pheromones. Wikipedia gave me the above.
What is the chemicals which give fruits their smell?
Such compounds are mostly esters.
What features of esters allow them to be used to flavor food?
Pleasant odours of flowers and fruits taken from simple esters can be used to flavour food and drink. They can also be mixed together to form flavour combinations.
How does sulfuric acid catalyze the preparation of esters Could some other acid be used?
The concentrated sulphuric acid solution is the preferred catalyst for the preparation of esters. Rarely used is the hydrochloric acid as a gas.
What is the purpose of esters in soap?
Esters are used as softeners in molding and plastic industries, in artificial fragrances or scents, as solvents in pharmaceutical industries, as industrial solvents for making fats, cellulose, paints and varnishes, and used in making artificial food flavors that are added into food such as ice cream and sweets.
Do esters react with sodium carbonate?
No, but esters do react with some acids.
Are esters ionic?
No, esters are covalent compounds having polar character.
Why are esters unable to form hydrogen bonds with other esters?
Esters cannot form hydrogen bonds with other esters because there wouldn't be enough room on the molecules to support the hydrogen bonding (octet rule).
What describes esters?
Esters are compounds that form when organic acids react with alcohols.
Are esters acids bases or neutral?
Esters are neutral compounds
