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Esters may also be formed with inorganic acids; for example, dimethyl sulfate is an ester, and sometimes called "sulfuric acid, dimethyl ester".
Esters are named similarly to salts; although they don't really have cations and anions, the terminology follows the same pattern: a more electropositive part followed by a more electronegative part.
Esters also react if heated with primary or secondary amines, producing amides.
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