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Acetic acid and ethanol, plus some acid catalyst, gives an equilibrium mixture of ethyl acetate.

In areas where ethanol (from fermentation) is available, ethyl acetate is manufactured by the esterification of acetic acid.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)
CH3COOH
  +  
CH3CH2OH
  +  
H+
         
  +  
H2O
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Acetic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Proton Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethyl acetate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Industrial Process: Organic
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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