If you were to heat pentanoic acid and 2-butanol with a catalytic amount of strong acid,you would most likely discover in your flask:

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When pentanoic acid reacts with 2-butanol in the presence of a catalytic amount of strong acid, it undergoes an esterification reaction to form an ester. The reaction in this case is a Fischer esterification reaction which results in the formation of butyl pentanoate (an ester). The other answer choices are not expected to be formed as they do not have the necessary functional groups to participate in the reaction.

If You Were to Heat Pentanoic Acid and 2-Butanol with a Catalytic