A-LevelChemistryCarboxylic acids and derivatives9701/12 · May/June 2017 · Q281 Mark

A carboxylic acid, P, has no possible chain isomers. It reacts with an alcohol, Q, that has only one positional isomer. What could be the ester formed from a reaction between P and Q?

Abutyl propanoate

Bethyl butanoate

Cpentyl ethanoate

Dpropyl pentanoate

✓ Correct answer

A: butyl propanoate

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Topic: Carboxylic acids and derivatives, A-Level Chemistry (syllabus 9701). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Chemistry, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 28.

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