Also known as: est.
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Chemical compound produced by the reaction of an acid and an alcohol, resulting in an elimination of a molecule of water. Take a carboxylic acid and an alcohol and remove water, so that you are left with two bits linked by a C(O)-O- group - this is an ester. Many of the most important industrial polymers are esters.
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