In one corner: Frank Howard, vice-president of the Ethyl Corporation - a joint venture between General Motors and Standard Oil. He called leaded petrol a "gift of God", arguing that "continued ...

A carboxylic acid is a compound with the general formula R–COOH. The formation of an ester molecule occurs through the following reaction: For example, the formation of ethyl butanoate, one of the ...

and two carbon atoms in the parent alcohol (ethanol). This ester is called ethyl butanoate. The names and structures of some other esters are shown below.