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How Can You Convert a Carboxylic Acid into an Ester

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How can you convert a carboxylic acid into an ester?


A) Heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid.
B) Deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.
C) Deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
D) Both (a) heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and (c) deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
E) Both (a) heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and (b) deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.

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