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Spikeman197
2 years ago

They’re not!

They are the compounds of alcohol and acid!

There are normal salts of carboxylic acids! The acetates of acetic acid, which are the formic acid formates, which are the benzoic acid bemzoates, …

In contrast, there are also esters of the inorganic acids!

The halogenoalkanes can be taken up as esters of the halogenic acids (methyl chloride, instead of chloromethane). nitric acid forms explosives, such as nitroglycerol and sulfuric acid, the alkyl sulfates.