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Draw a carboxylic acid that results from the hydrolysis of glycerol tributyrate. Include only one carboxylic acid product in your answer. My answer was incorrect, please tell me how to rewrite it.

Draw a carboxylic acid that results from the hydrolysis of glycerol tributyrate Include only one carboxylic acid product in your answer My answer was incorrect class=

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Explanation:

In the hydrolysis of glyceryl tributyrate,the carboxylic acid that is obtained is butanoic acid

Hydrolysis is a process whereby a molecule reacts with water and is splitted into two parts

One of the two parts in the hydrolysis of glyceryl tributyrate is butanoic acid

Butanoic acid is a carboxylic acid that has 4 carbon atoms in its principal chain

We have the structural formula as follows:

[tex]HOOC-CH_2-CH_2-CH_3[/tex]

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