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In the presence of a small amount of acid catalyst, propanoic acid will condense with propanol to give the ester propyl propanoate.

CH3CH2COOH
  +  
  +  
H2SO4
         
  +  
H2O
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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