Esters are sweet-smelling substances and are used in making perfumes. Suggest some activity and the reaction involved for the preparation of an ester with well labeled diagram
Take 1 ml ethanol and 1 ml glacial acetic acid in a test tube. Pour a few drops of conc. sulphuric acid in the test tube.
Gently warm the test tube over a water bath for about 5 minutes. After that, take out the test tube and transfer its contents in a beaker. Take the smell of the content. The sweet smell shows that ester has been made. This reaction can be given by following equation:
