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Q.

Which of the following will give a pleasant smell of ester when heated with ethanol and a small quantity of concentrated sulphuric acid?

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a

CH2CH2OH

b

CH3CHO 

c

CH3OH

d

CH3COOH

answer is A.

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Ethanoic acid (CH3COOH) will give a pleasant smell of ester when heated with ethanol and a small quantity of concentrated sulphuric acid.
The only time ethanol and ethanol interact is when an acidic medium is present. These two combine to create acetal. 

Therefore, only Ethanoic acid also known as  acetic acid  creates an ester that has a pleasant scent when it reacts with ethanol in the presence of strong sulphuric acid as a catalyst.
 

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