Questions: How can you convert a carboxylic acid into an ester? Deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide. Deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol. Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide. Heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid. Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.

How can you convert a carboxylic acid into an ester?
Deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
Deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.
Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
Heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid.
Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.
Transcript text: How can you convert a carboxylic acid into an ester? Deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide. Deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol. Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide. Heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid. Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.
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Solution Steps

Step 1: Understanding Esterification

To convert a carboxylic acid into an ester, the most common method is esterification. This involves reacting the carboxylic acid with an alcohol in the presence of a catalytic amount of acid.

Step 2: Identifying the Correct Reaction

Among the given options, the reaction that describes heating a carboxylic acid with an alcohol in the presence of a catalytic acid is the correct method for esterification.

Final Answer

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