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O-LevelChemistryOrganic Chemistry5070/11 · May/June 2010 · Q351 Mark

How does the number of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in an ester differ from the total number of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the alcohol and carboxylic acid from which the compound was derived?

Aless, less, less
Bless, same, less
Csame, less, less
Dsame, same, same

✓ Correct answer

C: same, less, less

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Organic Chemistry, O-Level Chemistry (syllabus 5070). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Chemistry, May/June 2010 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 35.

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