The carbons adjacent to the oxygen and the oxygen itself are less charged than the oxygen ad its attached carbon in a carbonyl group. The oxygen always carries a delta negative charge and the carbons a delta positive charge, but it is considerably lower in an ester than in a carbonyl. This is partly due to the double bond in the carbonyl making the bond electron dense and more polarisable.
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