Dr Ketchum on Lipids; it's a joy!!
It all seems complicated, but functionally it isn't. The formation of an
ester produces water, which is the thug reaction:
The OH from the acid (which has two Os) pairs up with the lone H from
the alcohol (which has one O). That forms water. The commercially attractive
ester is the two residues coming together...
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