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No - the reaction product of an alcohol and a carboxylic acid is an ESTER not an ether
alcohol
The product of the reaction of an alcohol C2H6O with itself is ethyl ether (C4H10O).
Because acid dissolves in water and alcohol dissolves in ether
carboxyllic acid
aromatic, alcohol, ether
hydroxyl
Ether Bond
it is soluble in ether because both molecules are nonpolar. "like dissolves like!" :)
No, alcohol is a polar solvent and extracts only polar components while ether is used to extract the non polar constituents.
ether
Dipropyl ether