Esters are compunds formed from the reaction between alcoholsandacids.The word 'ester' alone now signifies by common usage that the acid is an organic acid, but inorganic acids can also form esters - ATP is an example well-known to biology students, being a phosphate ester. Even halogenoalkanes can be regarded as inorganic esters, of alcohols and hydrochloric acid. This section is, however, confined to esters of organic acids RCOOR' where R can be hydrogen or an organic group.

Esters in the food industry

Esters are widely used for flavourings; many are 'nature-identical', that is synthetic versions of the esters present in the fruit. Fruit flavours are very complex, though, often arising from many different compounds, some of which are present in small quantities.

 

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