Ethyl benzoate plus ammonia under heating gives which product?

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Ethyl benzoate plus ammonia under heating gives which product?

Esters can react with ammonia by aminolysis to form amides. In ethyl benzoate, ammonia attacks the carbonyl carbon, forming a tetrahedral intermediate, and the ethoxy group leaves as ethanol. This leaves the benzamide as the main organic product (the amide formed on the acyl side). Ethanol is produced as a byproduct, not the main product. Other possibilities like aniline or ethylamine would require different reaction pathways, not the straightforward aminolysis of an ester with ammonia under heating.

Esters can react with ammonia by aminolysis to form amides. In ethyl benzoate, ammonia attacks the carbonyl carbon, forming a tetrahedral intermediate, and the ethoxy group leaves as ethanol. This leaves the benzamide as the main organic product (the amide formed on the acyl side). Ethanol is produced as a byproduct, not the main product. Other possibilities like aniline or ethylamine would require different reaction pathways, not the straightforward aminolysis of an ester with ammonia under heating.

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