Questions: Which is the major organic product formed by this reaction? Studying the summary chart in Lesson VI.3.5 will help to correctly determining the products. A) C) B) D) E) No net reaction or none of these is a major product

Which is the major organic product formed by this reaction? Studying the summary chart in Lesson VI.3.5 will help to correctly determining the products.
A)
C)
B)
D)
E) No net reaction or none of these is a major product

Transcript text: Which is the major organic product formed by this reaction? Studying the summary chart in Lesson VI.3.5 will help to correctly determining the products. A) C) B) D) E) No net reaction or none of these is a major product

Solution

Solution Steps

Step 1: Recognize the reaction type

The given reaction is an acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of an ester. With excess water, esters are converted to carboxylic acids.

Step 2: Identify the ester and predict the products

The starting molecule is an ethyl ester. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis will cleave the ester bond, producing a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. In this case, the products will be propanoic acid and ethanol.

Step 3: Locate the correct product

Option C shows propanoic acid (carboxylic acid) and the hydrogen of ethanol (the alcohol). Note that the alcohol is not part of the main organic product as the question requests the major _organic_ product, which is the carboxylic acid.

Final Answer: The final answer is $\boxed{C}$

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