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Q. Among the following compounds, how many acids will show higher reactivity towards esterification reaction as compared to acetic acid?
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The order of reactivity of carboxylic acids towards esterification reaction is, $HCOOH>CH_{3}COOH>RCH_{2}COOH>R_{2}CHCOOH>R_{3}CCOOH$ Thus, only methanoic acid will show higher reactivity towards esterification reaction as compared to acetic acid.