JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsJEE Main

Reactivity of acids in esterification follows the order:

Answer: (A)

Solution

Fischer esterification proceeds via nucleophilic attack of alcohol at the carbonyl carbon; increasing alkyl substitution around that

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