These compounds can be made from an (*) alcohol and a carboxylic acid in a synthesis named for Fischer.
These compounds are formed in the Baeyer-Villiger reaction. It's not an aldehyde or ketone, but an enolate of one of these compounds is prepared and reacted with a carbonyl group in the Claisen condensation. Lactones and glycerides are both specific types of these compounds. These compounds can be made from an (*) alcohol and a carboxylic acid in a synthesis named for Fischer. When naming these compounds, the "-oate" suffix is used, and a prominent example of one of these molecules is ethyl acetate. For 10 points, name these compounds characterized by an R-C-O-O-R arrangement of atoms, which often have fruity odors.
These compounds are formed in the Baeyer-Villiger reaction. It's not an aldehyde or ketone, but an enolate of one of these compounds is prepared and reacted with a carbonyl group in the Claisen condensation.
esters (accept lactones before mention)