eithyl 4-aminobenzoate reaction with 1.0M NaOH formula. the add HCl 1.0HCl formula

2 formulas and explain what happends plz and thank you :)

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ethyl 4-aminobenzoate is an ester. The NaOH cleaves the ester and forms CH3CH2OH and the sodium salt of 4-aminobenzoic acid. Then the addition of HCl replaces the Na^+ with a H^+ to form the 4-aminobenzoic acid