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Esters are formed from the reaction between alcohols and carboxylic acids.
Esters are named as alkyl alkanoate. The alkyl name comes from the alcohol and the alkanoate comes from the acid group.
Pentyl propanoate:
Therefore, the pentyl group comes from pentanol (HOCH2CH2CH2CH2CH3) and the propanoate comes from propanoic acid (CH3CH2COOH).
The formula of pentyl propanoate is : CH3CH2COOCH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
The balanced reaction is :
CH3CH2COOH + HOCH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 -----> CH3CH2COOCH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
propanoate pentanol pentyl propanoate