Organic compounds {ester}| can have carbon-chain last carbon double-bonded to oxygen atom and single-bonded to alkoxyl group.
properties
Esters are colorless, smell good and sweet, are reactive, are polar, are not acidic, are not basic, are not oxidizable or reducible, and dissolve somewhat in water. Esters are liquid unless more than six carbons.
derivatives
A phosphate group {phosphate ester} can replace carboxylic-acid hydroxyl group. A sulfate group {sulfate ester} can replace carboxylic-acid hydroxyl group. Alkylbenzene-sulfonic-acid sodium salt detergent is sulfate ester. A sulfhydryl group {thioester} can replace carboxylic-acid hydroxyl group. Thioesters are more reactive than esters. Thioesters can ionize as thiolate ion to make weak base.
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