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Q. Acetaldehyde changes to a sweet-smell liquid on reaction with aluminium ethoxide. This liquid is

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Acetaldehyde reacts with aluminium ethoxide to give sweet smelling compound, called ester (ethyl acetate). The formula of ethyl acetate is $ C{{H}_{3}}COO{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}} $ .