Esters are organic compounds that are known for their pleasant smell. They can be produced through an organic reaction called the Fischer esterification, where carboxylic acids react with an alcohol to form the ester.

Write the balanced reaction equation for the formation of ethyl hexanoate, an ester with a pineapple-like odor, where R₁ = CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂— (pentyl group) and R₂ = CH₃CH₂— (ethyl group).