Category:Esters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
The main article for this category is Ester.

In organic chemistry and biochemistry esters are the functional group (R´-COOR") consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, eigher organic or inorganic. An ester is a product of the reaction of an acid (usually organic) and an alcohol (the hydrogen of the acid R-COOH is replaced by an alkyl group R").


Subcategories

There are 8 subcategories to this category shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).

A

C

O

P

W

µ
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../e/s/t/Category%7EEsters_4629.html"